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influence

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influence
1. noun /ˈɪn.flu.əns/
a) The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions.

I have absolutely no influence over him.

b) An action exerted by a person or thing with such power on another to cause change.

Im not able to exercise influence over him.

2. verb /ˈɪn.flu.əns/
a) To affect by gentle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to persuade or induce.

The politician wants to influence the public.

b) To exert, make us of ones influence.

I must admit that this book influenced my outlook on life.


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  • influence — 1> влияние, воздействие Ex: under the influence of под влиянием; под воздействием Ex: to have an influence over (on, upon) smb. иметь влияние на кого л. Ex: she has a civilizing influence on her husband она оказывает на мужа облагораживающее… …   Новый большой англо-русский словарь

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  • INFLUENCE — s. f. Action d une chose qui influe sur une autre. Il se dit tant au propre qu au figuré. L influence de la lune sur les marées. L influence de la chaleur sur les corps. Des influences contraires. On croyait autrefois que les astres avaient de l… …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • INFLUENCE — n. f. Action d’une personne, d’une circonstance ou d’une chose qui influe sur une autre. L’influence de la lune sur les marées. L’influence de la chaleur sur les corps. Des influences contraires. On croyait autrefois que les astres avaient de… …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

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Фильмы

  • A Spring., 1978 — About love of a human being to nature and about nature's influence on a human being.
  • Eleventh Five-Year Period: Time And People., 1986 — About improvement of economic mechanism basing on examples of definite enterprises: "Rostselmash" ["Rostov Agriculture Machinery Plant"}, the collective farm named after Frunze (a Russian revolutionary) in the Belgorod Region, the collective farm "Krasnaya Zarya" ["Red Dawn"] of the Pskov Region and others.