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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
convinces, convincing, convinced |
| definition: |
to cause to accept or believe; persuade (often fol. by "of").
The evidence convinced the jury of his innocence.His parents tried to convince him to go to college, but he said he wasn't ready.[verb + smby/smth + infinitive
]
She finally convinced him that he had to give up smoking.[verb + smby + (that) + clause
]
- synonyms:
- persuade, satisfy
- similar words:
- argue, assure, bring around, induce, jawbone, lead, prevail on, reassure
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| related words: |
budge, get, guide, make, move, reason, satisfy, sell, sway, win |
adverb + (v.)convince
somehow, unsuccessfully
(v.)convince
+ adverb
otherwise
(v.)convince
+ noun
advertiser,
banker,
captor,
colleague,
constituent,
dictator,
doubter,
electorate,
holdout,
judge,
juror,
jury,
landlord,
lawmaker,
legislator,
lender,
moderate,
neighbor,
policymaker,
public,
regulator,
sincerity,
skeptic,
superior,
voter
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| derivation: |
convincingly (adv.) |
The word convince
contains the following parts:
con-
Latin
prefix
that means with, together
  More about this word part:
The prefix con-
is an assimilated form of com- used before roots beginning with c, d, f, g, j, n, s, t, and v. See com-. Note: con-
is frequently an intensive prefix, as in " conceive
."
Example words:
conceive, concentrate, concentric, conclude, conclusion, condone, conduce, conducive, conduct, conductive, conduction, confer, conference, confidant, confide, confidence, confident, confine, confirm, conflict, confluence, conflux, conform, confuse, confusion, congener, congratulate, congregate, congress, conjecture, conjunct, conjunction, conjunctiva, connect, connote, conscript, conscription, consign, consonant, conspiracy, constant, constrain, construct, construction, contact, contain, container, context, continue, contract, conversant, convince, convict, conviction, convivial, convocation, convoke, inconceivable, inconsonant, inconspicuous, connotation, consequence, consequent
vinc, vict, vanq
Latin
root
that means conquer
Example words:
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