dissuade
pronunciation
How to pronounce dissuade in British English:
UK [dɪˈsweɪd]
How to pronounce dissuade in American English:
US [dɪˈswed]
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- Verb:
- turn away from by persuasion
Word Origin
- dissuade
- dissuade: see persuade
- dissuade (v.)
- 1510s, from Middle French dissuader and directly from Latin dissuadere "to advise against, oppose by argument," from dis- "off, against" (see dis-) + suadere "to urge" (see suasion). Related: Dissuaded; dissuading.
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Example
- 1. We will dissuade iran from building a nuclear bomb .
- 2. In a crisis , the party expects its grassroots cells to help dissuade people from staging public protests and to feed information to the authorities about possible unrest .
- 3. Socgen will hope its new riches can dissuade other banks from trying to buy it , though the prospect of an auction may be precisely why investors wanted its shares .
- 4. China has good reasons for not seeking to promote its economic model to other countries , or dissuade others from following it .
- 5. The government has implemented measures to try and cool the market down and dissuade buyers who flip properties .