definition
cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm
sentence
How can we persuade people to donate to charity, recycle or obey the law?
difficulty
easy
toefl frequency
3
toefl classification
adverb
persuasively
adjective
persuasive
adverb sentence
In it, she persuasively argued that gender is not rooted in biological fact but in culturally determined symbols, signs and images.
adjective sentence
He made a persuasive case for why that was a bad idea.
verb
persuade
noun
persuasion
noun sentence
And face-to-face persuasion is much more effective than the same message via phone or e-mail.