{
    "term": "persuade",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "persuade",
            "heSheIt": "persuades"
        },
        "pastSimple": "persuaded",
        "pastParticiple": "persuaded",
        "ingForm": "persuading"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to make somebody do something by giving them good reasons for doing it",
            "sensetop": "persuade somebody to do somethingpersuade somebodypersuade somebody into somethingpersuade somebody into doing somethingpersuade somebody out of somethingpersuade somebody out of doing something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Try to persuade him to come.",
                    "contextForm": "persuade somebody to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Please try and persuade her.",
                    "contextForm": "persuade somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's always easily persuaded."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm sure he'll come with a bit of persuading."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I didn't want to go, but my friends persuaded me into it.",
                    "contextForm": "persuade somebody into something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I allowed myself to be persuaded into entering the competition.",
                    "contextForm": "persuade somebody into doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was no way to persuade him out of it *(= persuade him not to do it)*.",
                    "contextForm": "persuade somebody out of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "My sister persuaded me out of dying my hair.",
                    "contextForm": "persuade somebody out of doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Dictators can sometimes be gently persuaded to leave power with special deals that guarantee their safety."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He eventually managed to persuade one of the staff to let him in."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He somehow persuaded the studio to let him make the film."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was reluctantly persuaded to join the committee."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was easily persuaded to accompany us."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The education minister personally persuaded the prime minister to rethink."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They had difficulty in persuading the two sides to sit down together."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can you persuade him to come?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an unsuccessful attempt to persuade her colleagues"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was persuaded into buying an expensive dress."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Why not invite Larry, if he can be persuaded out of hibernation?"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Discussion and agreement"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["successfully", "almost", "eventually"],
                "verb + persuade": ["attempt to", "seek to", "try to"],
                "preposition": ["into", "of", "out of"],
                "phrases": [
                    "an attempt to persuade somebody",
                    "an effort to persuade somebody",
                    "be fully persuaded"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to make somebody believe that something is true",
            "sensetop": "persuade somebody/yourself that…persuade somebodypersuade somebody of something",
            "labels": "(formal)British English",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It will be difficult to persuade them that there's no other choice.",
                    "contextForm": "persuade somebody/yourself that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had persuaded herself that life was not worth living."
                },
                {
                    "text": "No one was persuaded by his arguments.",
                    "contextForm": "persuade somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I am still not fully persuaded of the plan's merits.",
                    "contextForm": "persuade somebody of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It has been difficult to persuade people that we have no political objectives."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I am not fully persuaded by these arguments."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We must persuade the government of the need for change."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "convince",
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["successfully", "almost", "eventually"],
                "verb + persuade": ["attempt to", "seek to", "try to"],
                "preposition": ["into", "of", "out of"],
                "phrases": [
                    "an attempt to persuade somebody",
                    "an effort to persuade somebody",
                    "be fully persuaded"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pəˈsweɪd/",
                "audio": "pe/persuade/persuade__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pəˈsweɪdz/",
                "audio": "pe/persuade/persuades__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pəˈsweɪdɪd/",
                "audio": "pe/persuade/persuaded__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pəˈsweɪdɪŋ/",
                "audio": "pe/persuade/persuading__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pərˈsweɪd/",
                "audio": "pe/persuade/persuade__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pərˈsweɪdz/",
                "audio": "pe/persuade/persuades__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pərˈsweɪdɪd/",
                "audio": "pe/persuade/persuaded__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pərˈsweɪdɪŋ/",
                "audio": "pe/persuade/persuading__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 15th cent.: from Latin persuadere, from per- ‘through, to completion’ + suadere ‘advise’."
}