1 ~ sb (into sth / into doing sth) to make sb do sth by giving them good reasons for doing it:
[VNtoinf] Try to persuade him to come. * [VN] Please try and persuade her. * She's always easily persuaded. * I allowed myself to be persuaded into entering the competition. * I'm sure he'll come with a bit of persuading.
2 to make sb believe that sth is true
SYNCONVINCE:
[VNthat] It will be difficult to persuade them that there's no other choice. * She had persuaded herself that life was not worth living. * [VN] No one was persuaded by his arguments. * (formal) I am still not fully persuaded of the plan's merits.
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WHICHWORD?
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. The main meaning of convince is to make someone believe that something is true: He convinced me he was right.
It is quite common, however, for each of these words to be used with both meanings, especially for convince to be used as a synonym for persuade: I persuaded/convinced her to see a doctor. Some speakers of BrE think that this is not correct.
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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 persuade is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is persuade a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, persuade is tagged as verb.
Does persuade appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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