(~s, influencing, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Influence is the power to make other people agree with your opinions or do what you want.
He denies exerting any political ~ over them...
The government should continue to use its ~ for the release of all hostages.
N-UNCOUNT: oft N over n
2.
If you ~ someone, you use your power to make them agree with you or do what you want.
He is trying to improperly ~ a witness...
My dad ~d me to do electronics.
VERB: V n, V n to-inf
3.
To have an ~ on people or situations means to affect what they do or what happens.
Van Gogh had a major ~ on the development of modern painting...
N-COUNT: usu with supp
4.
If someone or something ~s a person or situation, they have an effect on that person’s behaviour or that situation.
We became the best of friends and he ~d me deeply...
They still ~ what’s played on the radio.
VERB: V n, V wh
5.
Someone or something that is a good or bad ~ on people has a good or bad effect on them.
I thought Sue would be a good ~ on you...
N-COUNT: usu sing, usu adj N, oft N on n
6.
If you are under the ~ of someone or something, you are being affected or controlled by them.
He was arrested on suspicion of driving under the ~ of alcohol.
PHRASE: PHR n, usu v-link PHR, PHR after v