Слово англійською: persuade
Дієслово
Переклад persuade українською: умовляти; переконувати; схиляти, відмовляти (від чогось — from, out of)
Детальний опис
persuade
verb /pərˈsweɪd/
- to make somebody do something by giving them good reasons for doing it
- persuade somebody to do something Try to persuade him to come.
- persuade somebody Please try and persuade her.
- She's always easily persuaded.
- I'm sure he'll come with a bit of persuading.
- persuade somebody into something I didn't want to go, but my friends persuaded me into it.
- persuade somebody into doing something I allowed myself to be persuaded into entering the competition.
- persuade somebody out of something There was no way to persuade him out of it (= persuade him not to do it).
- persuade somebody out of doing something My sister persuaded me out of dying my hair.
- to make somebody believe that something is true synonym convince
- persuade somebody/yourself that… It will be difficult to persuade them that there's no other choice.
- She had persuaded herself that life was not worth living.
- persuade somebody No one was persuaded by his arguments.
- persuade somebody of something (formal) I am still not fully persuaded of the plan's merits.
Which Word? persuade / convincepersuade / 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 British English think that this is not correct.
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Latin persuadere, from per- ‘through, to completion’ + suadere ‘advise’.