how to pronounce influential

/ˌɪn.fluˈɛn.ʃəl/

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influential is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of influential in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… now there's a very influential form of …”

meaning of influential

Influential means having a strong effect on the development of something.

influential frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word influential occurs in english on average 18.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics influential can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that influential can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) people, society, and culture;