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{
"term": "persuade",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "persuade",
"heSheIt": "persuades"
},
"pastSimple": "persuaded",
"pastParticiple": "persuaded",
"ingForm": "persuading"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to make somebody do something by giving them good reasons for doing it",
"sensetop": "persuade somebody to do somethingpersuade somebodypersuade somebody into somethingpersuade somebody into doing somethingpersuade somebody out of somethingpersuade somebody out of doing something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Try to persuade him to come.",
"contextForm": "persuade somebody to do something"
},
{
"text": "Please try and persuade her.",
"contextForm": "persuade somebody"
},
{
"text": "She's always easily persuaded."
},
{
"text": "I'm sure he'll come with a bit of persuading."
},
{
"text": "I didn't want to go, but my friends persuaded me into it.",
"contextForm": "persuade somebody into something"
},
{
"text": "I allowed myself to be persuaded into entering the competition.",
"contextForm": "persuade somebody into doing something"
},
{
"text": "There was no way to persuade him out of it *(= persuade him not to do it)*.",
"contextForm": "persuade somebody out of something"
},
{
"text": "My sister persuaded me out of dying my hair.",
"contextForm": "persuade somebody out of doing something"
},
{
"text": "Dictators can sometimes be gently persuaded to leave power with special deals that guarantee their safety."
},
{
"text": "He eventually managed to persuade one of the staff to let him in."
},
{
"text": "He somehow persuaded the studio to let him make the film."
},
{
"text": "I was reluctantly persuaded to join the committee."
},
{
"text": "She was easily persuaded to accompany us."
},
{
"text": "The education minister personally persuaded the prime minister to rethink."
},
{
"text": "They had difficulty in persuading the two sides to sit down together."
},
{
"text": "Can you persuade him to come?"
},
{
"text": "an unsuccessful attempt to persuade her colleagues"
},
{
"text": "She was persuaded into buying an expensive dress."
},
{
"text": "Why not invite Larry, if he can be persuaded out of hibernation?"
}
],
"topics": ["Discussion and agreement"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["successfully", "almost", "eventually"],
"verb + persuade": ["attempt to", "seek to", "try to"],
"preposition": ["into", "of", "out of"],
"phrases": [
"an attempt to persuade somebody",
"an effort to persuade somebody",
"be fully persuaded"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to make somebody believe that something is true",
"sensetop": "persuade somebody/yourself that…persuade somebodypersuade somebody of something",
"labels": "(formal)British English",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "It will be difficult to persuade them that there's no other choice.",
"contextForm": "persuade somebody/yourself that…"
},
{
"text": "She had persuaded herself that life was not worth living."
},
{
"text": "No one was persuaded by his arguments.",
"contextForm": "persuade somebody"
},
{
"text": "I am still not fully persuaded of the plan's merits.",
"contextForm": "persuade somebody of something"
},
{
"text": "It has been difficult to persuade people that we have no political objectives."
},
{
"text": "I am not fully persuaded by these arguments."
},
{
"text": "We must persuade the government of the need for change."
}
],
"synonyms": "convince",
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["successfully", "almost", "eventually"],
"verb + persuade": ["attempt to", "seek to", "try to"],
"preposition": ["into", "of", "out of"],
"phrases": [
"an attempt to persuade somebody",
"an effort to persuade somebody",
"be fully persuaded"
]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/pəˈsweɪd/",
"audio": "pe/persuade/persuade__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/pəˈsweɪdz/",
"audio": "pe/persuade/persuades__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/pəˈsweɪdɪd/",
"audio": "pe/persuade/persuaded__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/pəˈsweɪdɪŋ/",
"audio": "pe/persuade/persuading__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/pərˈsweɪd/",
"audio": "pe/persuade/persuade__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/pərˈsweɪdz/",
"audio": "pe/persuade/persuades__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/pərˈsweɪdɪd/",
"audio": "pe/persuade/persuaded__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/pərˈsweɪdɪŋ/",
"audio": "pe/persuade/persuading__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 15th cent.: from Latin persuadere, from per- ‘through, to completion’ + suadere ‘advise’."
}