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dissuading

dissuading is the present participle and gerund of dissuade.

Meaning of dissuade

Verb

dissuade (third-person singular simple present dissuades, present participle dissuading, simple past and past participle dissuaded)

  1. (transitive) To convince not to try or do.
    • Jane dissuaded Martha from committing suicide.
    Synonyms:
    unsell

Noun

dissuading (plural dissuadings)

  1. A dissuasion.
    • It might have been a good thing if he had, unsuited as he was physically, but the mood passed easily under fraternal dissuadings and a feeling of duty toward his father.1933, James Truslow Adams, Henry Adams

Forms of dissuading

pluraldissuadings

Questions about dissuading

What does dissuading mean?
Dissuading means a dissuasion.
What is dissuading the present participle and gerund of?
Dissuading is the present participle and gerund of dissuade.
What part of speech is dissuading?
Dissuading is a noun.
What is the plural of dissuading?
The plural of dissuading is dissuadings.

Words near dissuading in the dictionary

  1. dissuade
  2. dissuaded
  3. dissuader
  4. dissuaders
  5. dissuades
  6. dissuading
  7. dissuadings
  8. dissuasion
  9. dissuasionary
  10. dissuasions
  11. dissuasive

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