Definitions For Influence

noun

  • Causing something without any direct or apparent effort
  • A power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc
  • A cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do
  • One having power to influence another
  • The effect of one thing (or person) on another
  • The power to change or affect someone or something : the power to cause changes without directly forcing them to happen
  • A person or thing that affects someone or something in an important way

verb

  • Shape or influence; give direction to
  • Induce into action by using one's charm
  • Have and exert influence or effect
  • To affect or change (someone or something) in an indirect but usually important way : to have an influence on (someone or something)

Is Influence a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
14
Words with Friends
19

The word Influence is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Influence in a Sentence

  • Recent years have seen a decline in the company's influence within the industry.
  • Her ideas have gradually gained influence in the company.
  • He used his influence to reform the company's policies.
  • I was deeply influenced by my parents.
  • She claims that her decision to resign was not influenced by her personal problems.
  • No one knows how this decision will influence the outcome of the election.

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