influx
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin īnflūxus (“inflow; influence”), from īnfluō (“flow or run into”).
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Noun edit
influx (countable and uncountable, plural influxes)
- A flow inward or into something; a coming in.
- Synonyms: inflood, inflow, infusion, intromission, introduction, importation
- I'll buy a new computer when I get an influx of cash.
- 1871, John Earle, The Philology of the English Tongue:
- the general influx of Greek into modern languages
- 2021 January 13, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Spectacular funiculars”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 53:
- By the 1880s, the pretty harbour village of Lynmouth was enjoying an influx of holidaymakers brought by paddle steamers from the likes of Bristol and Swansea.
- That which flows or comes in.
- 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 17, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volumes (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
- The influx of food into the Celtic region, however, was far from keeping pace with the influx of consumers.
- (obsolete) influence; power[1].
- 1677, Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature:
- A continued influx of the Divine Goodness
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inward flow
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References edit
- ^ “influx”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
influx n (plural influxuri)
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Declension of influx
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) influx | influxul | (niște) influxuri | influxurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) influx | influxului | (unor) influxuri | influxurilor |
vocative | influxule | influxurilor |