Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A flowing in.
- noun A mass arrival or incoming.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of flowing in; an inflow: as, an influx of light.
- noun Infusion; intromission.
- noun Influence; power.
- noun A flowing or coming in; continuous introgression: as, a great influx of goods into a country.
- noun The place or point at which one stream flows into another or into the sea: as, at the influx of the brook.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of flowing in.
- noun A coming in; infusion; intromission; introduction; importation in abundance; also, that which flows or comes in.
- noun obsolete Influence; power.
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- noun A
flow inward orinto something.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the process of flowing in
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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This influx is alarming in a country of just 6 million people, especially one that has experienced rising Islamist militancy in the last decade.
Carriers of Conflict 2006
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This influx is alarming in a country of just 6 million people, especially one that has experienced rising Islamist militancy in the last decade.
Carriers of Conflict 2006
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I refuse to take at face value your claim that “most of the refugee/asylee influx is fraudulent.”
Wonk Room » Nativist Mark Krikorian Warns That ‘Saddam Hussein’s BFFs Are Coming To Town Near You’ 2009
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The Greek police minister, Christos Papoutsis, said at the weekend: "A mass influx is noted daily on the Greek land border with Turkey by third-country nationals attempting to illegally enter the country with the aim of accessing other EU countries."
Armed EU guards to patrol Greece-Turkey border Ian Traynor in Brussels 2010
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Many say the influx is straining the country's social welfare system.
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There was a certain influx of emotion in me as well, but I think it was more due to the sheer playfulness of the film than a last-minute revelation.
“Speed Racer” is one for the record books » Scene-Stealers 2008
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The size and duration of today's influx is unprecedented; you may not be aware of the scale of it.
Is That Legal?: Fundraising Through Falsehood at VDare.com 2006
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As for local businesses - the $$ influx is far overrated.
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He always said the word influx as though it was gum and he was popping that X between his molars.
Black and Blue Quindlen, Anna 1998
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About one hundred years ago the white man first looked upon the Province of British Columbia, and if the present influx from the Orient to Canada continues, it will be less than one hundred years before the last white man has looked upon it.
Oriental Immigration 1923
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