convince
Syllables: con·vinceUK/kənˈvɪns/
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convince verb: to make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence.
Verb
convince (third-person singular simple present convinces, present participle convincing, simple past and past participle convinced)
- To make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence.
- I wouldn't have or do something, unless I'm convinced that it's good.
- Such convincing proofs and assurances of it as might enable them to convince others.1718, Francis Atterbury, sermon preached on Easter Day at Westminster Abbey
- To persuade.
- Synonyms:
- win over, bring round, convict, draw, gain over, persuade, pimp, prevail upon, procure, push
- To overcome, conquer, vanquish.
- […]his two Chamberlaines / Will I with Wine, and Waſſell, ſo conuince, / That Memorie, the Warder of the Braine, / Shall be a Fume,[…]c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- Synonyms:
- beat, bring down, chew up, eat someone for breakfast, eat someone's lunch, flog, humble, kick ass, malavogue, murdelize
- To behave believably in a role; to make someone perceive oneself as the character being portrayed.
- To confute; to prove wrong.
- For hee mightily conuinced the Iewes, and that publikely, shewing by the scriptures, that Iesus was Christ.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 18:28
- And therfore, God neuer wrought Miracle, to conuince Atheiſme, becauſe his Ordinary Works conuince it.1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Atheisme. XVI.”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC, page 90
- To prove guilty; to convict.
- Which of you conuinceth mee of ſinne?1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 8:46, column 1
- O ſeek not to convince me of a Crime / Which I can ne'er repent, nor can you pardon.1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act II, page 18
convince meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
convince in Hindi
- to convince
- मनाना manānā
convince in Tamil
- நம்ப வை, நம்பவை, மெய்ப்பி, தேற்று
convince in Marathi
- to convince
- पटवणे paṭavṇe
convince in Urdu
- to convince
- منانا manānā
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- convince in Bengali
- প্ররোচিত করা, বিশ্বাস করানো
- convince in Telugu
- నమ్మించు nammiñcu, ఒప్పించు oppiñcu
- convince in Malayalam
- തെളിയിക്കുക, വിശ്വാസം വരുത്തുക, ബോദ്ധ്യപ്പെടുത്തുക
- convince in Kannada
- ಮನದಟ್ಟು ಮಾಡು, ಮನವರಿಕೆ ಮಾಡು, ಮನಗಾಣಿಸು, ಮನವೊಪ್ಪುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡು
- convince in Sanskrit
- प्रत्याययति pratyāyayati
- convince in Nepali
- फकाउनु phakāunu
- convince in Arabic
- أَقْنَعَ ʔaqnaʕa
- convince in Vietnamese
- thuyết phục
- Kashmiri
- مٲنؠ راوُن mạ̄n' rāvun
Examples of convince in a sentence
- He was convinced that it was his alcoholism that gave him cancer.
- He seemed yet to be convinced. — He seemed not yet to have been convinced.
- She's been chained to her principles since she was 18, it's unlikely you can convince her otherwise.
Synonyms of convince
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Forms of convince
| third-person singular present | convinces |
|---|---|
| present participle | convincing |
| past participle | convinced |
| past | convinced |
Origin of convince
Borrowed from Latin convincō (“to refute, prove”), from con- + vincō (“to conquer, vanquish”). Doublet of convict. Displaced native Old English oferreċċan.
Words formed from convince
Words that rhyme with convince
Questions about convince
- What does convince mean?
- Convince means to make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence.
- What is convince in Hindi?
- Convince in Hindi is मनाना (manānā). See Convince meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is convince?
- Convince is a verb.
- How do you pronounce convince?
- Convince is pronounced /kənˈvɪns/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of convince?
- The past tense of convince is convinced.
Words near convince in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: convince (page history and authors); मनाना (Hindi) (page history and authors); convince (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); पटवणे (Marathi) (page history and authors); منانا (Urdu) (page history and authors); convince (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); convince (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); convince (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); प्रत्याययति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); फकाउनु (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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