I.
noun
1 effect sb/sth has; power to control sb/sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , considerable , enormous , great , marked , significant , substantial , tremendous
▪ growing , increasing
▪ chief , dominant , major , overwhelming
▪ powerful , profound , strong
▪
He had a profound ~ on modern poets.
▪ subtle
▪ important
▪ crucial , decisive
▪ potential
▪ continuing , enduring , lasting
▪ improper , undue ( law )
▪
The court found that the bank exerted undue ~ over Mrs Black in getting her to sign the contract.
▪ disproportionate
▪ beneficial , positive
▪ adverse , corrosive , corrupting , destructive , disruptive , evil , malign ( formal ), negative , pernicious
▪ moderating , stabilizing , steadying
▪ calming , restraining
▪ civilizing
▪ direct , indirect
▪ causal
▪ mutual
▪ relative
▪
This paper evaluates the relative ~ of religions.
▪ far-reaching , pervasive , wide
▪ external , outside
▪
The religious community wished to be independent of outside ~.
▪ peer
▪
the effects of peer ~ on crime
▪ parental
▪ foreign
▪ cultural , economic , genetic , political , social , sociocultural
VERB + INFLUENCE
▪ have
▪ gain
▪ give sb
▪
Her wealth gave her ~ over affairs of state.
▪ assert , exercise , exert , use , wield
▪
Can you use your ~ with the director to get me a part in the movie?
▪
Drug cartels wielded enormous ~ in the city.
▪ retain
▪ lose
▪ expand , extend , increase , spread
▪
The unions have been able to extend their ~ over all industries.
▪ minimize
▪ eliminate , remove
▪ limit
▪ diminish , reduce
▪ counter , counteract
▪ avoid , escape , resist
▪ be under
▪
The court was told that he was under the ~ of alcohol when he was stopped by the police.
▪ come under , fall under
▪
She came under the ~ of Sartre at this period.
▪ be independent of
▪ demonstrate , reflect , reveal , show
▪
Spanish architecture shows Moorish ~.
▪ acknowledge , recognize , understand
▪ analyse/analyze , assess , determine , evaluate , examine , explore , investigate , study
▪
They examined the ~ of farm size on technology adoption.
▪ attribute sth to
▪
Much of his writing can be attributed to the ~ of Freud.
▪ trace
▪
It's easy to trace the ~ she's exerted on contemporary artists.
INFLUENCE + VERB
▪ extend
▪
Their ~ extended as far as China.
▪ grow
▪
The Internet's ~ is growing every day.
▪ wane
▪
His political ~ was waning.
PREPOSITION
▪ under the ~
▪
The town grew under the ~ of colonialism.
▪ ~ from
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There was no ~ from outside.
▪ ~ in
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She has a certain amount of ~ in the way things are organized.
▪ ~ on , ~ upon
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They were a major ~ upon the development of the sport.
▪ ~ over
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I have absolutely no ~ over him.
▪ ~ with
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He used his ~ with local officials to gain commercial advantages.
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Queen Isabella was urged to use her ~ with the French monarch.
PHRASES
▪ a sphere of ~
▪
Rome's sphere of ~ extended as far as Scotland.
▪ bring your ~ to bear on sb/sth
▪
She tried to bring her ~ to bear on her husband.
▪ under the ~ , under the ~ of alcohol , under the ~ of drink ( BrE )
▪
He was arrested for driving under the ~ ( = drunk ).
2 sb/sth that affects the way sb behaves/thinks
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , considerable , great , significant , tremendous
▪ dominant , major , overwhelming
▪ powerful , profound , strong
▪ important
▪ obvious
▪ lasting
▪ early
▪
Who were your early ~s?
▪ formative
▪
His uncle had been a formative ~ from his earliest years.
▪ diverse
▪
He is a writer who draws upon diverse cultural ~s.
▪ outside
▪
Parents often seek to shelter their children from outside ~s
▪ good
▪ adverse , bad , corrupting , destructive , disruptive , harmful , malign ( formal ), negative , pernicious
▪ moderating , stabilizing , steadying
▪ calming , restraining
▪ civilizing
▪ environmental , genetic
▪ artistic , cultural , intellectual , literary , musical
VERB + INFLUENCE
▪ be
▪ have
▪
The band had many ~s.
▪ be exposed to
▪
a study of children exposed to different cultural ~s
▪ draw from , draw on , draw upon
INFLUENCE + VERB
▪ be at work
▪
There were a number of ~s at work in Wright's architecture.
▪ affect sth , shape sth
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ on
▪
She's by far the biggest ~ on my writing.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ considerably , deeply , dramatically , enormously , greatly , heavily , highly , markedly , powerfully , profoundly , strongly , substantially
▪
This book ~d her profoundly.
▪
Attitudes are highly ~d by cultural background.
▪ increasingly
▪ largely , mainly , primarily
▪ partly , slightly
▪ potentially
▪ directly , indirectly
▪
Pressure from industry bosses has directly ~d government policy.
▪ clearly , obviously , undoubtedly
▪ actively
▪ critically , crucially , decisively , significantly
▪ inevitably
▪ favourably/favorably , positively
▪
actions that positively ~ health
▪ adversely , negatively
▪ overly , unduly
▪
Be aware of external factors which may unduly ~ your judgement.
▪ genetically
VERB + INFLUENCE
▪ seem to
▪ attempt to , seek to , try to
▪
We do not seek to ~ the decision-making process.
PREPOSITION
▪ in
▪
Her parents tried to ~ her in her choice of university.
PHRASES
▪ be easily ~d
▪
He was naive and easily ~d by his friends.
Influence is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ factor , ↑ gene , ↑ philosophy , ↑ writing
Influence is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ attitude , ↑ behaviour , ↑ choice , ↑ course , ↑ debate , ↑ decision , ↑ design , ↑ development , ↑ direction , ↑ effectiveness , ↑ election , ↑ evolution , ↑ expectation , ↑ fate , ↑ future , ↑ judgement , ↑ likelihood , ↑ movement , ↑ outcome , ↑ perception , ↑ performance , ↑ policy , ↑ politics , ↑ practice , ↑ preference , ↑ probability , ↑ process , ↑ response , ↑ result , ↑ shape , ↑ situation , ↑ success , ↑ survival , ↑ thinking , ↑ vote , ↑ voter