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verb
- 1. induce (someone) to do something through reasoning or argument: "it wasn't easy, but I persuaded him to do the right thing" Similar Opposite
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to make someone do or believe something by giving them a good reason to do it or by talking to that person and making them believe it: If she doesn't want to go, nothing you can say will persuade her. [ + (that) ] It's no use trying to persuade him (that) you're innocent.
The meaning of PERSUADE is to move by argument, entreaty, or expostulation to a belief, position, or course of action. How to use persuade in a sentence.
To persuade is to get your way — win the argument, convince the group to see your favorite movie, get your parents to let you borrow the car. You persuade with language, with a carefully constructed argument, and with the strength of your conviction.
to make someone do or believe something by giving them a good reason to do it or by talking to that person and making them believe it: If she doesn't want to go, nothing you can say will persuade her. [ + (that) ] It's no use trying to persuade him (that) you're innocent.
Persuade means to win someone over, as by reasoning or force of personality: Nothing could persuade her to change her mind. To induce is to lead, as to a course of action, by means of influence or persuasion: "Pray what could induce him to commit so rash an action?" (Oliver Goldsmith).
persuade / convince persuade / convince The main meaning of persuade is to make someone agree to do something by giving them good reasons for doing it: I tried to persuade her to see a doctor.
persuade, induce imply influencing someone’s thoughts or actions. They are used today mainly in the sense of winning over a person to a certain course of action: It was I who persuaded him to call a doctor.
There are 16 meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb persuade, eight of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
persuade definition: 1. to make someone agree to do something by talking to him or her a lot about it: 2. to make…. Learn more.
someone to do a particular thing, you get them to do it, usually by convincing them that it is a good idea. A complete guide to the word "PERSUADE": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
