{
    "term": "influential",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "having a lot of influence on somebody/something",
            "sensetop": "influential in somethinginfluential in doing something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a highly influential book"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His conversation with the manager was influential in his decision to join United.",
                    "contextForm": "influential in something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is one of the most influential figures in local politics."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The committee was influential in formulating government policy on employment.",
                    "contextForm": "influential in doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The group was influential in setting up the new schools."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This was a highly influential work."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His ideas are widely influential among Palestinians."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We need to convince certain influential individuals within the community."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "prove", "become"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["in"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌɪnfluˈenʃl/",
                "audio": "in/influential/influential__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌɪnfluˈenʃl/",
                "audio": "in/influential/influential__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent. (referring to astral influence): from medieval Latin influentia ‘inflow’, from Latin influere, from in- ‘into’ + fluere ‘to flow’."
}