"persuasive" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪsɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-persuasive.wav [Southern-England], en-us-persuasive.ogg [Mid-Atlantic] Forms: more persuasive [comparative], most persuasive [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle French persuasif, from Medieval Latin persuāsīvus, from Latin past participle stem of persuādēre + -īvus. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sweh₂d-}}, {{der|en|frm|persuasif}} Middle French persuasif, {{der|en|ML.|persuāsīvus}} Medieval Latin persuāsīvus, {{der|en|la|-}} Latin, {{m|la|persuadeo|persuādēre}} persuādēre, {{m|la|-īvus}} -īvus Head templates: {{en-adj}} persuasive (comparative more persuasive, superlative most persuasive)
  1. Able to persuade; convincing. Derived forms: counterpersuasive, persuasive precedent Translations (convincing): πειθός (peithós) (Ancient Greek), πειστικός (peistikós) (Ancient Greek), πιθανός (pithanós) (Ancient Greek), tutarlı (Azerbaijani), inandırıcı (Azerbaijani), qaneedici (Azerbaijani), sübutlu (Azerbaijani), əsaslı (Azerbaijani), убедителен (ubeditelen) (Bulgarian), persuasiu (Catalan), 有說服力的 (Chinese Mandarin), 有说服力的 (yǒu shuōfúlì de) (Chinese Mandarin), přesvědčivý (Czech), suostutteleva (Finnish), vakuuttava (Finnish), persuasif (French), convaincant (French), persuasivo (Galician), persuasor (Galician), überzeugend (German), Überredungs- (German), πειστικός (peistikós) (Greek), suāsōrius (Latin), przekonujący (Polish), przekonywający (Polish), persuasivo (Portuguese), persuasível (Portuguese), convincente (Portuguese), persuasório (Portuguese), convingător (Romanian), persuasiv (Romanian), убеди́тельный (ubedítelʹnyj) (Russian), persuazivan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), uvjerljiv [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), persuasivo (Spanish), convincente (Spanish), persuasor (Spanish), persuasorio (Spanish), övertygande (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-persuasive-en-adj-gw0LWc-K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Synonyms: convincing, flexanimous [obsolete], inducing, inducive [rare], inductious [obsolete, rare], persuadable [obsolete, rare], persuading, persuasible [archaic], pleaful [obsolete], psychagogic, psychagogical [rare], suading [rare], suasorian [obsolete, rare], suasory [archaic]

Noun

IPA: /pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪsɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-persuasive.wav [Southern-England], en-us-persuasive.ogg [Mid-Atlantic] Forms: persuasives [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French persuasif, from Medieval Latin persuāsīvus, from Latin past participle stem of persuādēre + -īvus. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sweh₂d-}}, {{der|en|frm|persuasif}} Middle French persuasif, {{der|en|ML.|persuāsīvus}} Medieval Latin persuāsīvus, {{der|en|la|-}} Latin, {{m|la|persuadeo|persuādēre}} persuādēre, {{m|la|-īvus}} -īvus Head templates: {{en-noun}} persuasive (plural persuasives)
  1. That which persuades; incitement.
    Sense id: en-persuasive-en-noun-1QwklUKQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52

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          "word": "inductious"
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        {
          "word": "persuading"
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "pleaful"
        },
        {
          "word": "psychagogic"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "rare"
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        },
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          "tags": [
            "rare"
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        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "archaic"
          ],
          "word": "suasory"
        }
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    }
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      "ipa": "/pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪsɪv/"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0f/En-us-persuasive.ogg/En-us-persuasive.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/En-us-persuasive.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Mid-Atlantic"
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "convincing",
      "word": "tutarlı"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "convincing",
      "word": "inandırıcı"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "convincing",
      "word": "qaneedici"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "convincing",
      "word": "sübutlu"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "convincing",
      "word": "əsaslı"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ubeditelen",
      "sense": "convincing",
      "word": "убедителен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "convincing",
      "word": "persuasiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "convincing",
      "word": "有說服力的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǒu shuōfúlì de",
      "sense": "convincing",
      "word": "有说服力的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "convincing",
      "word": "přesvědčivý"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "convincing",
      "word": "suostutteleva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "convincing",
      "word": "vakuuttava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "convincing",
      "word": "persuasif"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "convincing",
      "word": "convaincant"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "convincing",
      "word": "persuasivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "convincing",
      "word": "persuasor"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "convincing",
      "word": "überzeugend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "convincing",
      "word": "Überredungs-"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "peistikós",
      "sense": "convincing",
      "word": "πειστικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "peithós",
      "sense": "convincing",
      "word": "πειθός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "peistikós",
      "sense": "convincing",
      "word": "πειστικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "pithanós",
      "sense": "convincing",
      "word": "πιθανός"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "convincing",
      "word": "suāsōrius"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "convincing",
      "word": "przekonujący"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "convincing",
      "word": "przekonywający"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "convincing",
      "word": "persuasivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "convincing",
      "word": "persuasível"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "convincing",
      "word": "convincente"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "convincing",
      "word": "persuasório"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "convincing",
      "word": "convingător"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "convincing",
      "word": "persuasiv"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ubedítelʹnyj",
      "sense": "convincing",
      "word": "убеди́тельный"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "convincing",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "persuazivan"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "convincing",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "uvjerljiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "convincing",
      "word": "persuasivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "convincing",
      "word": "convincente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "convincing",
      "word": "persuasor"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "convincing",
      "word": "persuasorio"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "convincing",
      "word": "övertygande"
    }
  ],
  "word": "persuasive"
}

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    "English terms derived from Middle French",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
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      "name": "root"
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      "name": "der"
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      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "-īvus"
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      "name": "m"
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      "tags": [
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "ref": "1839, George Robert Gleig, Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary: Visited in 1837, volume 1, page 68",
          "text": "He smiled a very knowing smile, and setting up a halloo, and shaking his leathern thong, away we went at the rate of seven or eight miles an hour. I had no occasion to go further with my persuasives; the pace was kept up, […]",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0f/En-us-persuasive.ogg/En-us-persuasive.ogg.mp3",
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}

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