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• persuade — 01. Eun Joo is trying to [persuade] her parents to let her go to New Zealand to study English. 02. It took a lot of [persuasion] to get my children to eat their broccoli. 03. She is a very [persuasive] speaker; by the end of the debate, she had… …   Grammatical examples in English

• Persuade — Per*suade , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Persuaded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Persuading}.] [L. persuadere, persuasum; per + suadere to advise, persuade: cf. F. persuader. See {Per }, and {Suasion}.] 1. To influence or gain over by argument, advice, entreaty,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• try every trick in the book — try/use/every trick in the book phrase to try or to use every possible method in order to achieve something He tried every trick in the book to persuade her, but she still said no. Thesaurus: to try hard to do or get somethingsynonym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

• persuade — per|suade W2S2 [pəˈsweıd US pər ] v [T] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: persuadere, from suadere to advise ] 1.) to make someone decide to do something, especially by giving them reasons why they should do it, or asking them many times to do… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• persuade */*/*/ — UK [pə(r)ˈsweɪd] / US [pərˈsweɪd] verb [transitive] Word forms persuade : present tense I/you/we/they persuade he/she/it persuades present participle persuading past tense persuaded past participle persuaded Ways of persuading someone to do/not… …   English dictionary

• persuade — verb ADVERB ▪ successfully ▪ almost ▪ eventually, finally, ultimately ▪ quickly ▪ easily …   Collocations dictionary

• try — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 attempt ADJECTIVE ▪ good, nice ▪ Never mind it was a good try. Better luck next time. ▪ another ▪ first, second …   Collocations dictionary

• persuade — verb /pəˈsweɪd/ a) To successfully convince (someone) to agree to, accept, or do something, usually through reasoning and verbal influence. Compare sway. That salesman was able to persuade me into buying this bottle of lotion. b) To urge, plead;… …   Wiktionary

• persuade — v. a. 1. Induce, influence, lead, incite, impel, actuate, move, entice, allure, prevail upon, bring over, win over, bring round. 2. Advise, counsel, try to influence. 3. Convince, satisfy by proof or evidence. 4. Inculcate, by argument, teach …   New dictionary of synonyms

• Don't Try This at Home (TV series) — Don t Try This at Home! Format Game show Directed by Jonathan Glazier Chris Power (Studio Director) Jonathan Bullen John Gorman Presented by Davina McCall (All Series) Darren Day (Series 1) Kate Thornton …   Wikipedia

• make a pitch — try to sell, try to persuade    She handed him her resume and made a pitch for the job …   English idioms