persuade

Definition

Examples

He tried to persuade the board to approve the project.

Word Family

Synonyms

• convincemake (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something
• influencea power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc
• urgean instinctive motive

Collocations

• Easy persuade him to come along
  to persuade him to come along, meaning to win approval or support for
• Medium persuade clients to sign agreements
  to persuade clients to sign agreements, meaning to win approval or support for
• Hard successfully persuade hesitant institutional investors
  describing successfully persuade hesitant institutional investors (with success; in a successful manner)
• Very Hard persuade through sheer eloquence and rigor
  to persuade through sheer eloquence and rigor, meaning to win approval or support for