beeinflussen — meaning in English

English meaning

• affect verb To influence or make a difference to something.
• impact noun The force of one object striking another; a collision.
• influence noun The power to affect how someone or something develops, behaves, or thinks.
• sway verb To move slowly and rhythmically from side to side.

Senses

beeinflussen is used for these senses in English:

• affect (transitive) To influence or alter.
• impact (transitive) To compress; to compact; to press into something or pack together.
• impinge (intransitive, rarely, transitive, figuratively) To interfere with.
• influence (transitive) To have an effect on by using gentle or subtle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to persuade or induce.
• sway (transitive) To influence or direct by power, authority, persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide. Compare persuade.
• sway (transitive) To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; to warp.

affect — full definition

1. verb To influence or make a difference to something.
2. verb To pretend to have or feel a quality; to put on.

impact — full definition

1. noun The force of one object striking another; a collision.
2. noun A significant effect or influence.
3. verb To have a significant effect on something.
4. verb To strike or collide with something forcefully.

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