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under the influence

US pronunciation

American soundunder the influence

undertheinfluence

Syllables: 3 syllables
Stress: Use the US audio for stress
Vowel: Spelling-based estimate
Ending: Final e often stays silent

under - the - influence -> under the influence

Myanmar meaning

Full entry

influence /'Çnfluǝns/ n

၁။ (က) [U, sing] ~ (on/ over sb/ sth) အရှိန်အဝါ။ ဩဇာတိက္ကမ။ have a good/ bad/ beneficial/ harmful influence on sb's behaviour/ character ❍ exert a powerful influence on sb/ sth ❍ a young ruler under the influence of his chief minister ❍ the influence of the press and television ❍ His parents no longer have any real influence over him. (ခ) [C] ~ (on sb/ sth) ဩဇာလွှမ်းမိုးမှု။ အရှိန်အဝါ။ ဩဇာ။ Those so-called friends of hers are a bad influence on her. ❍ Religion has been an influence for good in his life. ❍ The influences at work in this case (ie factors affecting it) are hard to separate out.
၂။ [U] ~ (with sb) ဩဇာ။ အရှိန်အဝါ။ use one's influence (with sb) to obtain a job ❍ She has great influence with the manager and could probably help you.
၃။ [U,C] ~ (on sth) သက်ရောက်မှု။ the influence of the moon on the tides ❍ the influence of the climate on agricultural production ❍ planetary/ seasonal influences.
v ဩဇာလွှမ်းသည်။ ဩဇာသက်ရောက်သည်။ the belief of astrologers that planets influence human character ❍ factors influencing consumer choice ❍ I don't want to influence you either way, so I won't tell you my opinion. ❍ As a young man, he was much influenced by Picasso. ❍ Whatever influenced her to write such a letter?
❏ under the influence [IDM ] (fml or joc ) အရက် မူးသည်။ be charged by the police with driving under the influence (of alcohol).

More examples

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

Synonyms

power, pressure, sway, authority, weight, control, access, act upon, affect, agency, alter, argue into, arouse, ascendancy, be recognized, bias, brainwash, bribe, bring to bear, carry weight, change, channel, character, clout, command, compel, connections, consequence, count, credit, determine, direct, direction, dispose, do, domination, dominion, drag, effect, encouragement, esteem, fame, fix, force, form, get at, grease, guidance, guide, have a part in, have an effect on, hold, impact, impact on, impel, importance, impress, imprint, in, incite, incline, induce, inspiration, inspire, instigate, juice, leadership, leverage, magnetism, manipulate, mark, modify, mold, moment, money, monopoly, motivate, move, network, notoriety, persuade, predispose, predominance, prejudice, prerogative, prestige, prevail, prominence, prompt, pull, pull strings, regulate, repercussion, reputation, ropes, rouse, rule, seduce, sell, shape, significance, snow, spell, stimulus, supremacy, talk into, train, turn, urge, win over, work upon

Antonyms

be fair, be just, beginning, cause, commencement, continue, delay, deter, discourage, disenchant, dissuade, halt, hinder, impotence, incapacity, inferiority, insignificance, keep, leave alone, mismanage, neglect, origin, powerlessness, prevent, remain, source, start, stay, stop, subordination, triviality, unimportance, weakness

Cross references

power pressure sway authority weight control access act upon affect agency alter argue into arouse ascendancy be recognized bias brainwash bribe bring to bear carry weight change channel character clout command compel connections consequence

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