persuading 1 of 2

noun

as in convincing
the act of reasoning or pleading with someone to accept a belief or course of action no amount of persuading could make her change her mind

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verb

present participle of persuade
as in satisfying
to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest request she persuaded us that she can indeed communicate with the dead he persuaded his teachers to grant an extension

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Recent Examples of persuading
Noun
Goode needed no persuading about the beauty of animals like New Caledonian geckos, African bush vipers, Caribbean rock iguanas, and similar Cyclura. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2026 Bisegna, who is 17 and more soft-spoken, took a little persuading. — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 13 July 2026 And social media is presumably where AI will do much of its persuading. — Robert Wright, Fortune, 24 June 2026 The 70-year-old was explaining how the revival came about through years-long persuading of Emmy-winning creator and executive producer Linwood Boomer. — Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Apr. 2026 Each distortion is what happens when the body does the persuading, and the ideas are just the wardrobe. — Alexis Coe, Vanity Fair, 18 Mar. 2026 But Putin cannot have needed much persuading to agree to a formal invitation to the US to have the bilateral meeting his team have long held out as the way towards peace in Ukraine. — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2025 In the framework of conversational intelligence, most workplace communication falls into Level 1 (telling) or Level 2 (persuading). — Susan Curtin, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
Barron’s reported in mid-July that Keim tied himself to Mohamed Coulibaly, who allegedly authored a scam to cheat NFL players out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by persuading them to invest in fake Shopify stores. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Explaining what the information means—and persuading people to act on it—becomes more valuable. — Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Part of his job has been persuading people to participate in programs intended to improve their economic prospects. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2026 Zoox successfully navigated the regulations by persuading the NHTSA to allow temporary permission. — New Atlas, 4 Aug. 2026 This broader strategy also helps explain why persuading countries to avoid Chinese AI will likely prove considerably more difficult than Washington’s earlier campaign against Huawei and ZTE. — Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2026 The senior Israeli official acknowledged that economic sanctions and blockades could be effective in persuading more pragmatic Iranian officials to pursue diplomacy. — Margaret Brennan, CBS News, 30 July 2026 Major carriers, most notably and successfully United and Delta Air Lines, have spent years persuading customers to pay more for tickets by investing in much improved services. — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 19 July 2026 Numbers like that are persuading brands to start treating in-game ads and product placements as a serious channel rather than a spare-budget experiment. — Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 15 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for persuading
  1. conversion
  2. convincing
  3. persuasion
  4. satisfying
Noun
  • It can be stripped through re-saving or format conversion, which is why the two systems are meant to complement each other.
    — Anisha Sircar, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Instead of first generating electricity in a separate solar farm and then sending it to an electrolyzer, the device is designed to integrate solar energy conversion and the water-splitting process.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of conversion
Verb
  • Warner’s deal with Suno appears to also require at least some degree of artist opt-in, and in general, convincing artists and managers may prove to be a challenge.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The play opens with Leontes convincing himself that a pregnant Hermione has been sleeping with his friend Polixenes, the king of Bohemia (played by Gilbert Owuor).
    — Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of convincing
Noun
  • To qualify, students must place first or second in the university division of persuasion at their state tournament.
    — Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Job seekers with transferable skills in persuasion, negotiation, and relationship management should target these areas, highlighting measurable achievements.
    — Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of persuasion
Verb
  • For kiddos and adults, fruit serves as a healthy alternative to candy, delivering vitamins, fiber, and hydration while satisfying sweet cravings.
    — Sierra Leone Starks, Parents, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The facility found several ways to limit operating and construction costs, which kept fees relatively low while still satisfying the demands of its residents.
    — Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of satisfying

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