to affect or change how someone or something develops, behaves, or thinks: She's very good at making friends and influencing people.

to have an effect on the way that somebody behaves or thinks, especially by giving them an example to follow. influence somebody/something His writings have ...

verb (used with object) · to exercise influence on; affect; sway: to influence a person. Synonyms: move, impress, control, direct, bias · to move or impel (a ...

the power to affect how someone thinks or behaves, or how something develops влияние The drug companies have a lot of influence on doctors.

British English: influence /ˈɪnflʊəns/ VERB. If you influence someone, you use your power to make them agree with you or do what you want. My dad influenced ...

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 ...

to have an effect on the way that someone behaves or thinks, especially by giving them an example to follow

1. The power to change or affect someone or something : the power to cause changes without directly forcing them to happen.

The earliest known use of the verb influence is in the mid 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for influence is from 1658, in the writing of Oliver Cromwell, ...