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# dissuade

«dissuade» in Mova's school dictionary: **To persuade someone not to do something** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (dissuade, dissuades, dissuaded, dissuading)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To persuade someone not to do something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dissuade/#m1)

2) To talk someone out of a plan or idea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dissuade/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and everyday life, friends and parents dissuade someone from a risky or foolish plan; in safety, signs try to dissuade people from swimming in dangerous water; phrases: «dissuade someone from doing».

### examples

- I tried to dissuade my brother from jumping into the cold lake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dissuade/#x1)
- Nothing could dissuade her from entering the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dissuade/#x2)
- The warning signs dissuade people from climbing the cliffs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dissuade/#x3)
- Mum dissuaded me from cutting my own fringe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dissuade/#x4)
- The teacher dissuaded him from giving up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dissuade/#x5)
- Rain did not dissuade the fans from coming. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dissuade/#x6)
- My eldest brother and I did all we could to dissuade him, but it was of no use. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dissuade/#x7)

### note

Pattern: dissuade someone from doing something. Opposite: persuade. Pronounced dis-SWADE. Double s.

### Trees and pragmatics

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