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verb
- 1. persuade (someone) not to take a particular course of action: "his friends tried to dissuade him from flying"
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verb [ T ] uk / dɪˈsweɪd / us / dɪˈsweɪd / Add to word list. to persuade someone not to do something: dissuade someone from something/doing something I tried to dissuade her from leaving. Synonym. deter. Opposite. persuade. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to persuade someone to do something.
The meaning of DISSUADE is to advise (a person) against something. How to use dissuade in a sentence.
verb [ T ] us / dɪˈsweɪd / uk / dɪˈsweɪd / Add to word list. to persuade someone not to do something: dissuade someone from something/doing something I tried to dissuade her from leaving. Synonym. deter. Opposite. persuade. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to persuade someone to do something.
When you dissuade someone, you convince that person not to do something: “When Caroline saw Peter's broken leg, she tried to dissuade him from going on the ski trip.”
Dissuade definition: to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from). See examples of DISSUADE used in a sentence.
dissuade somebody (from something/from doing something) to persuade somebody not to do something. I tried to dissuade him from giving up his job. They were going to set off in the fog, but were dissuaded. She made no attempt to dissuade him.
If you dissuade someone from doing or believing something, you persuade them not to do or believe it. [ formal ] Doctors had tried to dissuade patients from smoking.
Define dissuade. dissuade synonyms, dissuade pronunciation, dissuade translation, English dictionary definition of dissuade. tr.v. dis·suad·ed , dis·suad·ing , dis·suades To prevent from a purpose or course of action by persuasion: dissuaded my friend from pursuing such a rash...
to persuade someone not to do something: [ + from + doing sth ] We tried to dissuade him from leaving. (Definition of dissuade from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of dissuade. in Chinese (Traditional) 勸說…不做某事，勸阻… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 劝说…不做某事，劝阻… See more. in Spanish. disuadir… See more.
Dissuade definition: To prevent (someone) from a purpose or course of action by persuasion.
