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convinced

UK/kənˈvɪnst/US/kənˈvɪnst/
adjectiveB1Very common — you will meet it every day · #1,467 of 15,258neutral

Convinced means completely sure of something. The doubt is gone, and you would argue the point.

It takes of, or a that-clause: convinced of his innocence, convinced that somebody had moved it. The word describes a state reached rather than one you started in, which is why convincing somebody is the work that leads to it. There is a common British understatement in not entirely convinced, which is a polite way of saying you think it is nonsense. The adjective convincing describes the argument rather than the person.

Definitions of convinced

  1. 1adjectiveconvincedCompletely certain about something.B1

    “She was convinced that the letter had been opened.”

Also accepted in games: certain

Practised in A Man Called Ove

First appears in chapter 1 of A Man Called Ove.

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convinced in the wild

  • However, politicians convinced the BVG to use the name of a famous SPD chairman.

    Franz-Neumann-Platz (Berlin U-Bahn)

  • After launching, they were convinced by three other friends to turn the sandwich shop into a pizza parlour, the first in the country.

    Mario's Pizzeria

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.