persuasive
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French persuasif, from Medieval Latin persuāsīvus, from Latin past participle stem of persuādēre + -īvus
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
persuasive (comparative more persuasive, superlative most persuasive)
- able to persuade; convincing
- 2020 December 2, Andy Byford talks to Paul Clifton, “I enjoy really big challenges...”, in Rail, page 55:
- But I'm pretty persuasive, and I've learned how elected officials think. I know how to press their buttons.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
convincing
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Noun[edit]
persuasive (plural persuasives)
- That which persuades; incitement.
- 1839, George Robert Gleig, Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary: Visited in 1837 (volume 1, page 68)
- 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, […]
- 1839, George Robert Gleig, Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary: Visited in 1837 (volume 1, page 68)
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
persuasive
German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Adjective[edit]
persuasive
- inflection of persuasiv:
Italian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
persuasive
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