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# convinced

«convinced» in Mova's school dictionary: **true: «I'm convinced the cat ate my sandwich.»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (convinced); past form of the verb convince (convince, convinces, convinced, convincing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (adjective) Completely sure that something is true: «I'm convinced the cat ate my sandwich.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convinced/#m1)

2) (verb, past) Made someone believe something or agree to do something: «She convinced me to join the choir.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convinced/#m2)

3) (adjective, before a noun) Firm in a belief: «a convinced Christian», «a convinced vegetarian». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convinced/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, «convinced» shows what a character strongly believes — sometimes wrongly, which makes the story funny or exciting. In science, a good scientist is convinced only by evidence. In everyday life, children convince parents to let them stay up. Phrases: «be convinced that», «be convinced of», «not convinced» (doubtful), «convince someone to do something».

### examples

- I'm convinced there is a monster under my bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convinced/#x1)
- Tom was convinced that he had left his bag on the bus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convinced/#x2)
- She convinced her parents to get a puppy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convinced/#x3)
- The teacher wasn't convinced by my excuse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convinced/#x4)
- After the experiment, we were convinced that plants need light. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convinced/#x5)
- Grandpa is a convinced fan of the local team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convinced/#x6)
- Are you convinced, or do you need more proof? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convinced/#x7)
- He turned round anew, firmly convinced that he was seriously ill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convinced/#x8)

### note

«Convinced» (sure) vs «convincing» (making others sure): «I am convinced» but «a convincing story». «Convince someone of something» / «convince someone that …». «Not convinced» is a polite way to say «I doubt it». Being convinced does not make a thing true — check the evidence.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «convinced» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convinced/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.