MEANING
To persuade someone not to do something.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- dissuade someone from leaving
- dissuade a would-be volunteer
On the page
She tried to dissuade him from leaving before the storm passed.
The failed expedition did not dissuade the next group from attempting the crossing.
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Word forms
- Base
- dissuade
- Past tense
- dissuaded
- Past participle
- dissuaded
- Present participle
- dissuading
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- dissuade
- Present continuous
- am/is/are dissuading
- Present perfect
- have/has dissuaded
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been dissuading
- Past
- dissuaded
- Past continuous
- was/were dissuading
- Past perfect
- had dissuaded
- Past perfect continuous
- had been dissuading
- Future
- will dissuade
- Future continuous
- will be dissuading
- Future perfect
- will have dissuaded
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been dissuading
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: dissuade; dissuades; dissuaded; dissuaded; dissuading Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: dissuades.
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