convinceverb [ T ]
uk/kənˈvɪns/us/kənˈvɪns/B1 to persuade someone or make someone certain:
He managed to convince the jury of his innocence.
[ + (that) ] It's useless trying to convince her (that) she doesn't need to lose any weight.
[ + to infinitive ] I hope this will convince you to change your mind.
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- Agricultural companies have failed to convince consumers that GM foods are safe.
- His doctor tried to convince him that he wasn't really ill and that it was all in the mind.
- Autosuggestion is the power of mind over matter - if you convince yourself that you are cured, you will be.
- It took a lot of persuasion to convince the committee of the advantages of the new scheme.
- Sometimes my imagination runs away with me and I convince myself that they are having an affair.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Reassuring
- assure
- be/take a weight off your mind idiom
- calm (sb) down
- comfort
- comforting
- consolation
- console
- consoling
- consolingly
- emollient
- get (sth) through (to sb)
- heartened
- heartening
- lighten
- mind
- no news is good news idiom
- reassuring
- should
- they should worry! idiom
- weight
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