Submitted by admin on Mon, 08/31/2015 - 20:50
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.