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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.
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: 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. persuade If she doesn't want to do it, nothing you say will persuade her.
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.
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.
tr.v. dis·suad·ed, dis·suad·ing, dis·suades. To prevent (someone) from a purpose or course of action by persuasion: dissuaded my friend from pursuing such a rash scheme. [Latin dissuādēre : dis-, dis- + suādēre, to advise; see swād- in Indo-European roots.] dis·suad′er n.
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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 meaning: to convince (someone) not to do something often + from.
