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убеди́ть — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • assure verb To tell someone something confidently in order to remove their doubt or worry.
  • 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

убеди́ть is used for these senses in English:

  • assure (transitive, followed by that or of) To give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something).
  • 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.

assure — full definition

  1. verb To tell someone something confidently in order to remove their doubt or worry.
  2. verb To make something certain to happen; to guarantee it.

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