(transitive) To successfully convince (someone) to agree to, accept, or do something, usually through reasoning and verbal influence.
Used in a Sentence
persuaded
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for persuaded.
Editorial note
If a person cannot be persuaded that they are wrong, is there any chance of 'winning them over'?
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Quick take
(transitive) To successfully convince (someone) to agree to, accept, or do something, usually through reasoning and verbal influence.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of persuaded gathered in one view.
(transitive, now rare, regional) To urge, plead; to try to convince (someone to do something).
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for persuaded.
verb
(transitive) To successfully convince (someone) to agree to, accept, or do something, usually through reasoning and verbal influence.
verb
(transitive, now rare, regional) To urge, plead; to try to convince (someone to do something).
Example sentences
If a person cannot be persuaded that they are wrong, is there any chance of 'winning them over'?
What would it take for you to be persuaded that some police officers are racist?
This petition persuaded Playmobil that there is a market for Playmobil figures with disability.
But I suppose such skilled people can be persuaded to do this sort of work for a cartel.
Why would you even tip a taxi driver who needs to be persuaded to take you and needs your (Google maps) directions?
Can international courts be persuaded by these obvious artificial methods of establishing jurisdiction?
It's an interesting visualisation technology - but I'm yet to be persuaded that it's not just a neat toy.
I've persuaded my boss to either email, or save up all his attention-breaking calls into a single one each day.
In fact I would love to be persuaded, the social punishments for disliking feminism are steep.
I'm open to being persuaded and I don't think you can accuse me of deflecting or not taking what you say seriously.
I wish I'd been persuaded to change to zsh 9 years ago!
Elon Musk is an engineer, not a philosopher, and I stand to be persuaded, but I find using him to counter Michio Kaku ridiculous.
Quote examples
But how many of those 50,000 were paid or "persuaded" to participate?
Apple actually tried to stop building the CPUs, but the government (military is a heavy user of the PowerPC architecture) stepped in and "persuaded" them to continue to manufacture their CPUs.
It's "even a human intelligence can persuade people who think they could never be persuaded, do you really trust yourself to do better against a superhuman one?" If you don't know why the gatekeeper failed, it's harder to come up with bullshit reasons why you would have succeeded in that position.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use persuaded in a sentence?
If a person cannot be persuaded that they are wrong, is there any chance of 'winning them over'?
What does persuaded mean?
(transitive) To successfully convince (someone) to agree to, accept, or do something, usually through reasoning and verbal influence.
What part of speech is persuaded?
persuaded is commonly used as verb.