Definitions for persuaded
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1. persuaded

   Persuasion or persuasion arts is an umbrella term for influence. Persuasion can influence a person's beliefs, attitudes, intentions, motivations, or behaviours.Persuasion is studied in many disciplines. Rhetoric studies modes of persuasion in speech and writing and is often taught as a classical subject.: 46  Psychology looks at persuasion through the lens of individual behaviour and neuroscience studies the brain activity associated with this behaviour. History and political science are interested in the role of propaganda in shaping historical events. In business, persuasion is aimed at influencing a person's (or group's) attitude or behaviour towards some event, idea, object, or another person (s) by using written, spoken, or visual methods to convey information, feelings, or reasoning, or a combination thereof. Persuasion is also often used to pursue personal gain, such as election campaigning, giving a sales pitch, or in trial advocacy. Persuasion can also be interpreted as using personal or positional resources to change people.

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1. Persuaded

   of Persuade

2. Persuaded

   prevailed upon; influenced by argument or entreaty; convinced

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1. persuaded

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'persuaded' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4318

How to pronounce persuaded?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

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   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of persuaded in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of persuaded in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of persuaded in a Sentence

1. Linca Gonimasela:

   He is my only son, at first he didn't want to go but later on he was persuaded to join them for the New Year holidays.

2. Blaise Pascal:

   We are generally the better persuaded by the reasons we discover ourselves than by those given to us by others.

3. Mark Twain:

   There are some books that refuse to be written. They stand their ground year after year and will not be persuaded. It isn't because the book is not there and worth being written -- it is only because the right form of the story does not present itself. There is only one right form for a story and if you fail to find that form the story will not tell itself.

4. Dwight D Eisenhower:

   I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone.

5. Book of Proverbs:

   Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.

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