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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | French |
| Origin: | Medieval Latin influentia, from Latin fluere 'to flow' |
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in‧flu‧ence1 S2 W1
1 [uncountable and countable] the power to affect the way someone or something develops, behaves, or thinks without using direct force or orders : 
There is no doubt that Bohr's influence was immense.
There is no doubt that Bohr's influence was immense. under somebody's influence/under the influence of somebody/something They had come under the influence of a strange religious sect.
They had come under the influence of a strange religious sect.2 [countable] someone or something that has an influence on other people or things
bad/good/positive etc influence (on somebody) Gayle's mother said I was a bad influence on her daughter.
Gayle's mother said I was a bad influence on her daughter.