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- DictionaryPer·suade/pərˈswād/
verb
- 1. cause (someone) to do something through reasoning or argument: "it wasn't easy, but I persuaded him to do the right thing"
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 cause people to do or believe something, esp. by explaining why they should: The government is trying to persuade consumers to save more.
to cause people to do or believe something, esp. by explaining why they should: The government is trying to persuade consumers to save more.
Persuade definition: to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging. See examples of PERSUADE used in a sentence.
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?"
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.
Definition of persuade verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definitions of 'persuade' 1. If you persuade someone to do something, you cause them to do it by giving them good reasons for doing it. [...] 2. If something persuades someone to take a particular course of action, it causes them to take that course of action because it is a good reason for doing so. [...] 3.
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.
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. The main meaning of convince is to make someone believe that something is true: He convinced me that he was right.
