influential
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
Other Word Forms
- influentially adverb
- noninfluential adjective
- noninfluentially adverb
- overinfluential adjective
- quasi-influential adjective
- quasi-influentially adverb
- uninfluential adjective
- uninfluentially adverb
Etymology
Origin of influential
First recorded in 1560–70; from Medieval Latin influenti(a) “stellar emanation” ( influence ) + -al 1
Example Sentences
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The 36 payments totalling more than £47m over eight years involved the signings of some of the most influential players in the club's modern history.
From BBC
Grammarly’s AI agent, he wrote, “was designed to help users discover influential perspectives and scholarship relevant to their work, while also providing meaningful ways for experts to build deeper relationships with their fans.”
From Los Angeles Times
We also watched as the new member of Parliament from Manchester, the city that gave its name to an influential school of Victorian liberalism, took her seat.
His most influential work, The Theory of Communicative Action, published in 1981, argued that human societies were sustained not by political or economic power but by the capacity for rational dialogue.
From BBC
Sherwood also steered Villa away from the drop but, shorn of influential stars Christian Benteke and Fabian Delph in the summer, was sacked after six successive defeats left them bottom in October.
From BBC
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