convinces
- 1Third-person singular simple present of convince.
Her calm tone convinces even the most skeptical listeners.
The lawyer convinces the jury with a clear chain of evidence.
Note
Every living meaning of convince turns up in this form: winning someone over with logic or evidence, plain persuading, and, with no object at all, playing a part believably, as when an actor convinces in the role. The older meanings of conquering, refuting or proving someone guilty are obsolete. A modern reader who hears that an argument convinces the accused will hear persuasion, never conviction.
convinces is a form of convince
convince, verb: To make someone believe or feel certain about something, especially through logic, argument, or evidence. Full entry
- Forms
- convinceconvinces he/she/itconvincing -ing formconvinced past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- convince → convinces: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪz/, an extra syllable.
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