persuade

  • 11persuade — ► VERB 1) induce (someone) to do something through reasoning or argument. 2) cause (someone) to believe something. DERIVATIVES persuadable adjective persuader noun. ORIGIN Latin persuadere, from suadere advise …

    English terms dictionary

  • 12persuade — [pər swād′] vt. persuaded, persuading [MFr persuader < L persuadere < per , intens. + suadere, to urge: see SUASION] 1. to cause to do something by reasoning, urging, or inducement; prevail upon 2. to induce to believe something; convince… …

    English World dictionary

  • 13persuade — per|suade W2S2 [pəˈsweıd US pər ] v [T] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: persuadere, from suadere to advise ] 1.) to make someone decide to do something, especially by giving them reasons why they should do it, or asking them many times to do… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 14persuade */*/*/ — UK [pə(r)ˈsweɪd] / US [pərˈsweɪd] verb [transitive] Word forms persuade : present tense I/you/we/they persuade he/she/it persuades present participle persuading past tense persuaded past participle persuaded Ways of persuading someone to do/not… …

    English dictionary

  • 15persuade — 01. Eun Joo is trying to [persuade] her parents to let her go to New Zealand to study English. 02. It took a lot of [persuasion] to get my children to eat their broccoli. 03. She is a very [persuasive] speaker; by the end of the debate, she had… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 16persuade — per|suade [ pər sweıd ] verb transitive *** 1. ) to make someone agree to do something by giving them reasons why they should: He did finally come with us, although it took a long time to persuade him. persuade someone to do something: Nobody… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 17persuade — verb ADVERB ▪ successfully ▪ almost ▪ eventually, finally, ultimately ▪ quickly ▪ easily …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 18persuade — verb (T) 1 to make someone decide to do something, especially by repeatedly asking them or telling them reasons why they should do it: persuade sb to do sth: I finally managed to persuade her to go out for a drink with me. | persuade sb: Leo… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 19persuade — persuadable, adj. persuadability, persuadableness, n. persuadably, adv. persuadingly, adv. /peuhr swayd /, v.t., persuaded, persuading. 1. to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait. 2.… …

    Universalium

  • 20persuade — v. 1) (D; tr.) to persuade of (we had to persuade them of the need to evacuate their house) 2) (H) we persuaded them to leave 3) (L; must have an object) we persuaded her that it would be best to wait * * * [pə sweɪd] (H) we persuaded them to… …

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