Synonym: assure, guarantee, make certain, persuade, pledge, promise. Similar words: convinced, convict, conviction, convenience, province, convey, convert, conversion. Meaning: [kən'vɪns] 
v. make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something.
v. make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something. 
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151. And, certainly, the current world crisis will convince the Chinese even more that they are right not to give up state control of the commanding heights of the economy.
152. For they give life, with the genius of their own inventions, to those same political principles that for some time now the dominant powers try to convince us of their obsoleteness.
153. It could bring enormous benefits if I could convince Congress to pass the budget, and if it got the hoped-for response from the Federal Reserve and the bond market.
154. Paris was unable to convince members to keep the Olympics in Europe for a third straight time after the 2004 Summer Games in Athens and 2006 Winter Games in Turin,[www.Sentencedict.com] Italy.
155. The challenge we faced in 1954 was to convince the American people of the importance of Dien Bien Phu.
156. Their optimal strategy was to convince the rest of Congress and the president that they might just be crazy enough to block a deal unless they got enough of what they wanted.
157. In addition, the speaker will employ expressions involved in high expectedness, possibility, and reliability to convince audiences to take action or reinforce the existing attitude of listeners.
158. And if that doesn't convince you, maybe this will get you going: Fail to burn triglycerides and they can end up in long term storage on your hips or stomach.
159. Multi-national producers have attempted to convince the world's leaders that GM is the answer to solving Third World hunger but a UN study last year dismissed their claims.
160. It takes some pushing by banks to convince them to take an additional payment vehicle.
161. Fiesco and Gabriele are led in, and Paolo tries to convince the old man to assassinate the doge, while inciting Gabriele with insinuations about Boccanegra's relationship with Amelia.
162. Try to convince a good friend to take a holiday with you.
163. If you can convince him it's necessary, you'll have the best of both worlds: a regular paycheck and the freedomto work outside the box.
164. This was probably the first paper to convince many scientists that they needed to think seriously about greenhouse warming.
165. This will not only convince your superiors, but it will also help you rejigger your thought processes.
166. His report helped to convince the U.S. Congress to withdraw this region from public auction.
More similar words: convinced, convict, conviction, convenience, province, convey, convert, conversion, convention, conversation, conventional, concept, concede, concert, concern, conceive, conference, conception, concerning, consequence, in consequence, concentrate, concentration, concentrating, saving, divine, serving, envious, envision, in view of.