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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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to persuade someone not to do something: The group hopes to dissuade Congress from cutting funds for health programs. (Definition of dissuade from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of dissuade. dissuade. I have seen other martial arts instructors use similar stratagems to dissuade unwanted students.
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.”
How to use dissuade in a sentence. to advise (a person) against something; to advise against (an action); to turn from something by persuasion… See the full definition
If you dissuade someone from doing or believing something, you persuade them not to do or believe it. Doctors had tried to dissuade patients from smoking. American English : dissuade / dɪˈsweɪd /
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.
Definition of dissuade verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
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.
Define dissuade: to convince (someone) not to do something—usage, synonyms, more.
Dissuade definition: To prevent (someone) from a purpose or course of action by persuasion.
