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Persuaded Persuade I Easily Make Verb Pəˈsweɪd Pərˈsweɪd

Word3 persuade
WordType (verb)
Phonetic /pəˈsweɪd/ /pərˈsweɪd/
Example
  • try to persuade him to come.
  • please try and persuade her.
  • she's always easily persuaded.
  • i'm sure he'll come with a bit of persuading.
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persuade

(verb)/pəˈsweɪd/ /pərˈsweɪd/

    Verb Forms

  1. to make somebody do something by giving them good reasons for doing it
    • Try to persuade him to come.
    • Please try and persuade her.
    • She's always easily persuaded.
    • I'm sure he'll come with a bit of persuading.
    • I didn't want to go, but my friends persuaded me into it.
    • I allowed myself to be persuaded into entering the competition.
    • There was no way to persuade him out of it (= persuade him not to do it)
    • My sister persuaded me out of dying my hair.

    Extra Examples

    • Dictators can sometimes be gently persuaded to leave power with special deals that guarantee their safety.
    • He eventually managed to persuade one of the staff to let him in.
    • He somehow persuaded the studio to let him make the film.
    • I was reluctantly persuaded to join the committee.
    • She was easily persuaded to accompany us.
    • The education minister personally persuaded the prime minister to rethink.
    • They had difficulty in persuading the two sides to sit down together.
    • Can you persuade him to come?
    • an unsuccessful attempt to persuade her colleagues
    • She was persuaded into marriage against her will.
    • She was persuaded into buying an expensive dress.
    • Why not invite Larry, if he can be persuaded out of hibernation?
  2. to make somebody believe that something is true
    • SYNONYM convince
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/convince
    • It will be difficult to persuade them that there's no other choice.
    • She had persuaded herself that life was not worth living.
    • No one was persuaded by his arguments.
    • I am still not fully persuaded of the plan's merits.

    Extra Examples

    • It has been difficult to persuade people that we have no political objectives.
    • I am not fully persuaded by these arguments.
    • We must persuade the government of the need for change.

    Word Origin

    • late 15th cent.: from Latin persuadere, from per- ‘through, to completion’ + suadere ‘advise’.
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