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- [per-sweyd]
- /pərˈsweɪd/
- /pəˈsweɪd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [per-sweyd]
- /pərˈsweɪd/
Definitions of persuade word
- verb with object persuade to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait. 1
- verb with object persuade to induce to believe by appealing to reason or understanding; convince: to persuade the judge of the prisoner's innocence. 1
- verbal expression persuade cause to do 1
- transitive verb persuade with clause: convince 1
- intransitive verb persuade convince 1
- verb persuade If you persuade someone to do something, you cause them to do it by giving them good reasons for doing it. 0
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Origin of persuade
First appearance:
before 1505 One of the 26% oldest English words
From the Latin word persuādēre, dating back to 1505-15. See per-, dissuade, suasion
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Parts of speech for Persuade
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
persuade popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
persuade usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for persuade
verb persuade
- act upon — anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance: a heroic act.
- allure — to entice or tempt (someone) to a person or place or to a course of action; attract
- argue — If one person argues with another, they speak angrily to each other about something that they disagree about. You can also say that two people argue.
- assure — If you assure someone that something is true or will happen, you tell them that it is definitely true or will definitely happen, often in order to make them less worried.
- auctioned — Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
Antonyms for persuade
verb persuade
- abscind — to cut off
- branched — a division or subdivision of the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant.
- branching — the occurrence of several decay paths (branches) in the disintegration of a particular nuclide or the de-excitation of an excited atom. The branching fraction (nuclear) or branching ratio (atomic) is the proportion of the disintegrating nuclei that follow a particular branch to the total number of disintegrating nuclides
- break down — If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.
- burke — Edmund. 1729–97, British Whig statesman, conservative political theorist, and orator, born in Ireland: defended parliamentary government and campaigned for a more liberal treatment of the American colonies; denounced the French Revolution
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