overtuigen — meaning in English

English meaning

• convince verb To make someone believe something, usually through reasoning or evidence.
• persuade verb To get someone to agree to or do something by giving reasons or arguments.
• prevail verb To win out or come out on top, especially after a struggle.

Senses

overtuigen is used for these senses in English:

• convince To make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence.
• persuade (transitive, now, rare, regional) To urge, plead; to try to convince (someone to do something). [from 16th c.]
• prevail (intransitive) To succeed in persuading or inducing.

persuade — full definition

1. verb To get someone to agree to or do something by giving reasons or arguments.
2. verb To convince someone that something is true.

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