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# influential

«influential» in Mova's school dictionary: **Having a lot of influence: able to change what other…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (influential, more influential, most influential)

### meaning for a pupil

Having a lot of influence: able to change what other people think or do, or how things happen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/influential/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In history, science and news about important people, books and ideas. Phrases: an influential person, highly influential, influential in.

### examples

- Darwin's book was very influential in science. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/influential/#x1)
- She is an influential leader in her town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/influential/#x2)
- The Beatles were one of the most influential bands ever. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/influential/#x3)
- Advertising can be influential on what children want. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/influential/#x4)
- Our class rep was influential in getting new benches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/influential/#x5)
- An influential teacher can change your life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/influential/#x6)

### note

Noun: influence; verb: influence. Say in-floo-EN-shul. Influencer (online) is a newer, related word.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «influential» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/influential/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.