persuaded; persuading
1
: to move by argument, entreaty, or expostulation to a belief, position, or course of action
2
: to plead with : urge
persuader
noun
Synonyms
Examples of persuade in a Sentence
He persuaded his friend to go back to school.
She couldn't be persuaded to go.
He would not let himself be persuaded into buying the more expensive stereo.
I am not easily persuaded.
They persuaded us that we were wrong.
He persuaded himself that he had made the right choice.
Recent Examples on the Web
Ultimately, the producers succeeded in persuading him for the second time to join the show.
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Regina Kim, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
The Kremlin reportedly used social media accounts and coded messages to quietly persuade voters away from supporting Ukraine and toward supporting Russia instead.
—Marina Watts, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
In efforts to eventually dissolve reservations and open these lands to private development, for example, in 1952 the U.S. government launched the Voluntary Relocation Program, in which the Bureau of Indian Affairs persuaded many living on reservations to move to cities.
—Hannah Cutting-Jones, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2024
Ortega, who had been in office for more than a decade, was facing a popular uprising, and the goal was to persuade him to leave the country.
—Geraldo Cadava, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2024
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Regina Kim, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
The Kremlin reportedly used social media accounts and coded messages to quietly persuade voters away from supporting Ukraine and toward supporting Russia instead.
—Marina Watts, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
In efforts to eventually dissolve reservations and open these lands to private development, for example, in 1952 the U.S. government launched the Voluntary Relocation Program, in which the Bureau of Indian Affairs persuaded many living on reservations to move to cities.
—Hannah Cutting-Jones, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2024
Ortega, who had been in office for more than a decade, was facing a popular uprising, and the goal was to persuade him to leave the country.
—Geraldo Cadava, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Persuade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/persuade. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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persuade
verb
per·suade
pər-ˈswād 
persuaded; persuading
: to win over to a belief or to a course of action by argument or earnest request
persuadable
adjective
-ˈswād-ə-bəl
persuader
noun
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