convincing

convincing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈvɪnsɪŋ/

Adjective

convincing (comparative more convincing, superlative most convincing)

1. 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

1. present participle of convince