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English word

convince

B1Academic AWL-10Frequent NGSL-2
UK /kənˈvɪns/US /kənˈvɪns/
verb

to make somebody/yourself believe that something is true

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J.K. Rowling Harvard Commencement Speech | Harvard University Commencement 2008 video example

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Now all I have to do is take deep breaths, squint at the red banners, and convince myself that I am at the world's largest Gryffindor reunion.

J.K. Rowling Harvard Commencement Speech

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and you can try to convince them that the rules don't make sense—and they won't listen to you.

Elon Musk's 2003 Stanford University Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders LectureSentence 224 · Pro

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