INFLUENCE definition: the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others. See examples of influence used in …

As a verb, influence typically means "to affect or change someone or something in an indirect but usually important way." Something or someone that influences a person or thing, then, has an influence on …

INFLUENCE definition: 1. the power to have an effect on people or things, or a person or thing that is able to do this…. Learn more.

A power affecting a person, thing, or course of events, especially one that operates without any direct or apparent effort: the pervasive influence that TV has on modern life; young people falling under the …

Definition of influence noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [uncountable, countable] the effect that somebody/something has on the way a person thinks or behaves or on the way that …

To have an influence on people or situations means to affect what they do or what happens.

the action or process of producing effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of another or others: Her mother's influence made her stay. a person or thing that exerts influence: He is an influence for …

Influence is the power to have an important effect on someone or something. If someone influences someone else, they are changing a person or thing in an indirect but important way.

INFLUENCE meaning: 1 : the power to change or affect someone or something the power to cause changes without directly forcing them to happen often + on, upon, or over; 2 : a person or thing that …

to have influence on; sway. His friends influenced him to take up soccer. Her arguments failed to influence her son's decision. influenced (adj.), influencer (n.) The words influence and influenza both …