1 ~ sb / yourself (of sth) to make sb/yourself believe that sth is true:
[VN] You'll need to convince them of your enthusiasm for the job. * [VN(that)] I'd convinced myself (that) I was right. * The experience convinced him that Europe was on the brink of a revolution.
2 [VNtoinf] to persuade sb to do sth:
I've been trying to convince him to see a doctor. -< PERSUADE
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for convince is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is convince a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, convince is tagged as verb.
Does convince appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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