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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 yvlog 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
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of convince1
Example Sentences
She’s convinced the dreams she’s been having as of late, and which she relays to her son in painstaking detail, offer clues as to where her husband may yet be found.
Our job tonight is to convince you the commitment is real.”
My head is not exactly convinced that will happen, if I am being entirely honest, even though Wolves' best player Matheus Cunha is still out suspended.
It's a tough ask but had a convincing victory over fences at Ascot earlier in season and stamina looks assured.
But to convince companies to move supply chains back to America, economists say tariffs would have to be sustained at high levels over a long period of time — not dropped.
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