persuade
/pəˈsweɪd/
US pronunciation
American sound/pəˈsweɪd/
pəˈsweɪd
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- 2 syllables
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- 2nd syllable stress
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- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
pə - ˈsweɪd -> persuade
Myanmar meaning
(v) ဖျောင်းဖျသည်။ အယုံသွင်းသည်။ ဖြားယောင်းသည်။ ဘဝင်ကျစေသည်။ ယုံကြည်လက်ခံစေသည်။
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၁။ ~ sb (into sth/ doing sth ) ဖျောင်းဖျ သည်။ အယုံသွင်းသည်။ ဖြားယောင်းသည်။ Please try and persuade her (to come with us). ❍ She is easily persuaded. ❍ He can persuade himself into believing anything he wants to believe.
၂။ ~ sb (of sth) (rather fml ) (esp passive) ဘဝင်ကျစေသည်။ ယုံကြည်လက်ခံစေသည်။ I am not fully persuaded by the evidence. ❍ She finally persuaded us that she was telling the truth. ❍ He was eventually persuaded of the value of regular exercise.
More examples
- He did finally come with us, although it took a long time to persuade him.
- [persuade someone to do something] : Nobody could persuade her to change her mind.
- [persuade someone to do something] : What persuaded you to accept the job?
- Their argument failed to persuade me.
- [persuade someone (that)] : I managed to persuade him that it was not his fault.
- [persuade someone of something] : There was no way she could persuade him of her innocence.
Synonyms
influence, convince, plead your case, sway, plead with, argue, actuate, advise, affect, allure, argue into, assure, blandish, brainwash, bring around, bring to senses, cajole, coax, convert, counsel, draw, encourage, enlist, entice, exhort, gain confidence of, get, impel, impress, incite, incline, induce, inveigle, lead, lead to believe, lead to do, motivate, move, prevail upon, prompt, propagandize, proselyte, proselytize, reason, satisfy, seduce, sell, stroke, talk into, touch, turn on to, urge, wear down, wheedle, win argument, win over, woo, work over
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