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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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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
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.”
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.
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.
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...
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.
dissuade. verb. /dɪˈsweɪd/ dissuade somebody (from something/from doing something) Verb Forms. to persuade someone 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. Join us.
DISSUADE meaning: to convince (someone) not to do something often + from.
