Dictionary entry

Petitioning

Pronunciation: /pɪˈtɪʃ(ə)n/

Pronunciation

/pɪˈtɪʃ(ə)n/

Myanmar Meaning

(v[ing]) အသနားခံနေ

Definition

persuade /pǝ'sweÇd/ v ၁။ ~ sb (into sth/ doing sth ) ေဖ်ာင္းဖ် သည္။ အယံုသြင္းသည္။ ျဖားေယာင္းသည္။ 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) ဘဝင္က်ေစသည္။ ယံုၾကည္လက္ခံေစသည္။ 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.

Examples

  1. He did finally come with us
  2. although it took a long time to persuade him.
  3. [persuade someone to do something] : Nobody could persuade her to change her mind.
  4. [persuade someone to do something] : What persuaded you to accept the job?
  5. Their argument failed to persuade me.
  6. [persuade someone (that)] : I managed to persuade him that it was not his fault.
  7. [persuade someone of something] : There was no way she could persuade him of her innocence.