convincing

/kənˈvɪnsɪŋ/

adj 1noun 1

Collocations

VERBS

be, look, seem, sound

find sth

Many students find the teacher's explanations convincing because she uses real-world examples.

ADV

extremely, very | completely, thoroughly, totally, utterly | hardly, not altogether, not entirely, not wholly

far from, not remotely

Her explanation for missing the meeting was not remotely convincing to anyone in the office.

fairly, pretty, quite

enough, sufficiently

His explanation wasn't convincing enough to make the teacher believe his excuse.

adj

Effective as proof or evidence.

Our convincing evidence was sufficient in the end to win the trial.

While they have still only suffered one home defeat by Spurs in 19 years, this was not as convincing a victory as the scoreline suggests.

noun

The process by which somebody is convinced.

Convincings depend on someone trying to do the convincing and someone who is supposed to be convinced.

Our convincing evidence was sufficient in the end to win the trial.

Wiktionary

While they have still only suffered one home defeat by Spurs in 19 years, this was not as convincing a victory as the scoreline suggests.

Wiktionary

Convincings depend on someone trying to do the convincing and someone who is supposed to be convinced.

Wiktionary

Your argument is not any more convincing than that of my stubborn father.

Tatoeba · #17077

I had difficulty convincing her of the dangers of smoking.

Tatoeba · #261155

His argument was most convincing.

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