0 the power to have an effect on people or things, or a person or thing that is able to do this: --
1 to affect or change how someone or something develops, behaves, or thinks: --
2 to cause someone to change a behavior, belief, or opinion, or to cause something to be changed: --
3 the power to have an effect on people or things, or someone or something having such power: --
4 the ability to have an effect on people or events: --
considerable/profound/growing influence He called on the industry to use its considerable influence to help resolve the situation.
(an) influence over sth Consumer groups act as champions and have critical influence over industry.
(an) influence on sth Bloggers are expanding their influence on American politics.
exert/have/exercise (an) influence He is close enough to the President to exert influence.
5 a person or thing that is able to have an effect on other people or on events: --
considerable/great/major influence
be an influence on sb/sth She has been a big influence on me in my career.
International influences in the form of technology, systems and capital have historically been a feature of industrialization and economic growth.
The influence on the measured radiation of the angle formed by the jet axis with the line of sight is clear.
It is, rather, a matter of what it is that parties can choose and what they can influence.
Logistic regression was used to determine whether the number of items requested and publication date influenced the likelihood of response.
A related issue is the influence of other phonological variables on lexical representations.
It may be that syllable structure may not play a role in the organization of lexical representations, but may influence the organization of phonological representations.
Singing seemed to influence their psychological well-being and mental states significantly.
Nevertheless, it seems that there is a network of different psychological factors in play, which seem to be interconnected and influencing one another.
If afterimages are purely retinal in origin, then percepts that depend on binocular combination should not influence the afterimage.
