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I UK [ˈɪnfluəns] / US noun
Word forms "influence":
singular influence plural influences
Get it right: influence:
The usual preposition that follows the noun influence is on. Don't use the preposition to:
Wrong: Television brings many benefits, but it can also have a bad influence to people.
Right: Television brings many benefits, but it can also have a bad influence on people.
Wrong: Cyber cafés have a positive influence to the economy.
Right: Cyber cafés have a positive influence on the economy. The preposition over can also be used with influence, but it is much less frequent than on: In reality, the government has limited influence over what happens.
1) [countable/uncountable] the effect that a person or thing has on someone's decisions, opinions, or behaviour or on the way something happens

Without his famous father's influence, he would never have got the job.

exert/exercise/use influence:

He couldn't hope to exert any real influence in the new department.

influence on/over:

Teachers have considerable influence over what is taught in the classroom.

outside influence (= the influence of people who do not belong to your group):

The decision-making process will be free from outside influence.

2) [countable] a person or thing that has an effect on someone or something
influence on:

His years in Hollywood were artistically a very destructive influence on his films.

be a good/bad influence (on someone/something):

The family thought Anne was a good influence on their son.

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II UK [ˈɪnfluəns] / US verb [transitive]
Word forms "influence":
present tense I/you/we/they influence he/she/it influences present participle influencing past tense influenced past participle influenced
to affect the way that someone thinks or behaves, or to affect the way that something happens

What factors influenced your decision to take the job?

Research has shown that the weather can influence people's behaviour.

strongly/greatly/heavily influence someone/something:

His films were greatly influenced by Hitchcock.

influence someone to do something:

It was prolonged illness as a child that influenced her to become a doctor.

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Collocations:
Adverbs frequently used with influence
▪  clearly, directly, greatly, heavily, profoundly, significantly, strongly Nouns frequently used as objects of influence
▪  behaviour, choice, decision, development, outcome, policy

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