convincing

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kənˈvɪnsɪŋ/

Adjective

convincing (comparative more convincing, superlative most convincing)

Effective as proof or evidence.
Our convincing evidence was sufficient in the end to win the trial.
- November 17 2012, BBC Sport: Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham
  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.

Translations

effective as proof or evidence

Belarusian: перакана́ўчы (pjerakanáŭčy), перако́нлівы (pjerakónlivy)
Bulgarian: убеди́телен (bg) (ubedítelen)
Catalan: convincent
Czech: přesvědčivý (cs)
Finnish: vakuuttava (fi)
French: convaincant (fr), probant (fr)
Hebrew: משכנע‎ m (meshakhnea), משכנעת‎ f (meshakhna'at)
Italian: concludente (it) m or f

Manx: so-chredjal
Portuguese: convincente (pt)
Romanian: convingător (ro)
Russian: убеди́тельный (ru) (ubedítelʹnyj)
Serbo-Croatian: uvjèrljiv (sh)
Swedish: övertygande (sv)
Ukrainian: переко́нливий (perekónlyvyj)

Verb

convincing

present participle of convince

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