how to pronounce dissuade

/dɪˈswɛɪd/

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dissuade is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of dissuade in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… psycho to try and dissuade Hitchcock …”

meanings of dissuade

verb:

To convince not to try or do.

dissuade frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word dissuade occurs in english on average 1.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics dissuade can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that dissuade can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;