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convince

[ kuhn-vins ]

verb (used with object)

convinced, convincing.
  1. 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.

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  2. to persuade; cajole:

    We finally convinced them to have dinner with us.

  3. Obsolete. to prove or find guilty.
  4. Obsolete. to overcome; vanquish.


convince

/ əˈɪԲ /

verb

  1. may take a clause as object to make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something; persuade
  2. to persuade (someone) to do something
  3. obsolete.
    1. to overcome
    2. to prove guilty
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Usage Note

Convince, an often stated rule says, may be followed only by that or of, never by to: We convinced him that he should enter (not convinced him to enter ) the contest. He was convinced of the wisdom of entering. In examples to support the rule, convince is often contrasted with persuade, which may take to, of, or that followed by the appropriate construction: We persuaded him to seek counseling (or of his need for counseling or that he should seek counseling ). The history of usage does not support the rule. Convince (someone) to has been in use since the 16th century and, despite objections by some, occurs freely today in all varieties of speech and writing and is fully standard: Members of the cabinet are trying to convince the prime minister not to resign.
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Usage

The use of convince to talk about persuading someone to do something is considered by many British speakers to be wrong or unacceptable
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Derived Forms

  • DzˈԳ, adjective
  • DzˈԳ, noun
  • DzˈԳ𳾱Գ, noun
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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
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of convince1

First recorded in 1520–30; from Latin convincere “to prove (something) false or true, (somebody) right or wrong,” equivalent to con- con- + vincere “to overcome”; victor
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of convince1

C16: from Latin convincere to demonstrate incontrovertibly, from com- (intensive) + vincere to overcome, conquer
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Example Sentences

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For young Singaporeans like Ms Fung, their votes will ultimately go to the party that makes the most convincing pitch to solve their problems.

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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.

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She loved it so much that she convinced her mother to let her attend a modeling and acting convention in Georgia.

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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.

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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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