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convince
[ kuhn-vins ]
verb (used with object)
- to move by argument or evidence to belief, agreement, consent, or a course of action:
Ample evidence convinced the jury of his guilt.
A test drive will convince you that this car handles well.
Synonyms:
- to persuade; cajole:
We finally convinced them to have dinner with us.
- Obsolete. to prove or find guilty.
- Obsolete. to overcome; vanquish.
convince
/ əˈɪԲ /
verb
- may take a clause as object to make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something; persuade
- to persuade (someone) to do something
- obsolete.
- to overcome
- to prove guilty
Usage Note
Usage
Derived Forms
- DzˈԳ, adjective
- DzˈԳ, noun
- DzˈԳԳ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- Dz·Գ· noun
- Dz··· adjective
- Dz·Գ····ٲ [k, uh, n-vin-s, uh, -, bil, -i-tee], noun
- ·Dz·Գ verb (used with object) preconvinced preconvincing
- ·Dz·Գ verb (used with object) reconvinced reconvincing
- un·Dz··· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of convince1
Example Sentences
For young Singaporeans like Ms Fung, their votes will ultimately go to the party that makes the most convincing pitch to solve their problems.
Ken Griffin, one of the billionaire donors who’d convinced themselves that President Trump wouldn’t do some things he campaigned to do, finally got it right last week.
She loved it so much that she convinced her mother to let her attend a modeling and acting convention in Georgia.
Even with that overwhelming body of evidence and a stack of wickets behind him, I do feel like it is one performance that has convinced England Cook is finally worth backing.
Jennifer Pierre, general manager of the State Water Contractors, said she and others “remain convinced that California needs more operational flexibility to make the most of the storms” when they come.
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