persuasive
pronunciation
How to pronounce persuasive in British English:
UK [pəˈsweɪsɪv]
How to pronounce persuasive in American English:
US [pərˈsweɪsɪv]
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- Adjective:
- tending or intended or having the power to induce action or belief
- capable of convincing
Word Origin
- persuasive (adj.)
- 1580s, from Middle French persuasif, from Medieval Latin persuasivus, from Latin persuas-, past participle stem of persuadere "persuade, convince" (see persuasion). Related: Persuasively; persuasiveness. Replaced earlier persuasible in this sense (see persuadable).
Example
- 1. Raynor 's first prescription is to remember that persuasive storytelling requires that the storyteller leave out the weeds .
- 2. But the reasoning in the australian case is persuasive .
- 3. Neither of these arguments is even close to persuasive .
- 4. On the face of it his claim appears persuasive still .
- 5. Can all this repetition really be persuasive ?