influence
- n a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc
used her parents' influence to get the job - n causing something without any direct or apparent effort
- n a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do
her wishes had a great influence on his thinking - n the effect of one thing (or person) on another
the influence of mechanical action - n one having power to influence another
she was the most important influence in my life
he was a bad influence on the children - v have and exert influence or effect
The artist's work influenced the young painter - v shape or influence; give direction to
- v induce into action by using one's charm
influence peddler
- n someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee)
influential person
- n a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events
infolding
- n the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface
infomercial
- n a television commercial presented in the form of a short documentary
informality
- n a manner that does not take forms and ceremonies seriously
- n freedom from constraint or embarrassment
informant
- n a person who supplies information
- n someone who sees an event and reports what happened
informatics
- n the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information
information
- n a message received and understood
- n knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
- n formal accusation of a crime
- n a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn
- n (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome
the signal contained thousands of bits of information
information age
- n a period beginning in the last quarter of the 20th century when information became easily accessible through publications and through the manipulation of information by computers and computer networks