Convince meaning in English
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Definition
to convince: to persuade, to encourage someone to do something
I haven't been able to convince him to join us yet, but I think if we offer him more money he will agree.
convincing: persuasive, credible, impressive
convinced: sure, positive, certain
Examples
- "Judge : Well, personally I found that argument quite convincing, but, I suppose that legally, you're entitled to defend yourself, Mr. Delavigne."
- "I'm going to do my best to convince him to become the exclusive carrier of Delavigne's new boxed set."
- "Convince me!"
- "At the same time I would also like to take that opportunity to briefly review Delavigne's latest offering of products and services, and perhaps even convince you to have dinner with me."
- "I spent months trying to convince the journalist to feature us."
- "His intriguing proposal was what convinced me to accept this offer."
- "Susie : Sir, if you give me a few days I can easily put something together to convince you otherwise."
- "Remember that we could have outsourced the naming process to another company, but I convinced Bruno that our talented marketing department could take care of this internally... so, let's prove me right, okay?"
- "I'm not expecting you to be "a shoulder to cry on", but I'm convinced that, with a little bit of tact and consideration, we will see an enormous, and immediate, improvement in the quality of Doris's work."
- "however, reactionaries and lunatics are convinced that these are the first signs of an animal revolution."
- "Convinced that his beloved pet goldfish "Bubbles", a prize won at a local carnival, is in mortal peril, Thomas has quarantined Bubbles to a 6 by 6 by 6 inch glass bowl until a vaccine is discovered or doctors clear the fish for transport."
- "In brief: you say these perfumes have already been distilled and bottled, which means we cannot re-bottle them and sell them as different fragrances entirely, and from what Philip tells me, it would be an extraordinary feat to convince any of our current distributors to purchase some 10,000 bottles of an outdated perfume."
- "Have I convinced you that you need to have a suit made?"
- "I don't think this is going to work out, so unless you can convince me that we're compatible in the next 15 seconds, I think we should just stop right now."
- "I wish you the best of luck in convincing Mr. Oléré to sign the revised agreement."
- "However, I hope that providing you with some context to this incident might help convince you to show a bit of leniency towards my two colleagues."
- "The results should be enough to convince the jury of your innocence, and clear your good name."
- "I thought that you would make a very convincing Al Capone (because of your natural leadership qualities and also your morphology)."
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