dissuade
dissuade · dissuades · dissuaded · dissuading
разубедить, разубеждать
abbringen, abraten
To convince not to try or doTo convince not to try or do.
/dɪˈsweɪd/
» Tom won't be easily dissuaded.
Meaning
1 sensesTo convince not to try or do.
Jane dissuaded Martha from committing suicide.
abbringen, abraten
разубежда́тьrazubeždátʹ, разубеди́тьrazubedítʹ
More definitions
- turn away from by persuasion
Examples
33 sentencesTom won't be easily dissuaded.
She was not so easily dissuaded.
I constantly dissuade children from reading novels.
They dissuaded her from cutting her long hair.
There's nothing I can do to dissuade him.
Translations
7 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
convince not to try or do:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
convince not to try or do:
Origin
From Middle French dissuader, from Latin dissuādeō (“to urge differently”, “to advise agaiFrom Middle French dissuader, from Latin dissuādeō (“to urge differently”, “to advise against”, “to dissuade”), from dis- (“away from”, “asunder”) + suādeō (“to recommend”, “to advise”, “to urge”).
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Forms
dissuades, dissuading, dissuaded, dissuadedSynonyms
2 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle