to mediate
/ˈmidiˌeɪt/
verb
to help end a dispute between people by trying to find something on which everyone agrees
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1The entire process from the start of menses to the beginning of the next menses is mediated by hormones.
2Tools mediate the worker's relation to the world.
3Your encounter with the world is always mediated.
4Follicle development is mediated by FSH, a pituitary hormone.
5The electrical part is mediated by electrolytes like sodium, potassium and calcium.
mediation
/ˌmidiˈeɪʃən/
noun
the process or act of helping those involved in a conflict reach an agreement
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1The two countries started mediation for the first time in 30 years over part of the sea because of their dual interest in energy development.
2So doing more mediations as a mediator.
3My chemistry class was my mediation class.
4Mediation and improvisation also assume a special place in this new pantheon.
5Have you guys ever taken mediation classes?
mediator
/ˈmidiˌeɪtɝ/
noun
an organization or person who tries to help those in a conflict reach an agreement
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1The mediator is from Pune, India.
2These mediators are normally responsible for the body’s protective response against infections or injuries.
3Calcium is the mediator of LTP induction.
4Mediators are urgently needed.
5And the mediator is at the end of the table.
moderator
/ˈmɑdɝˌeɪtɝ/
noun
someone who, as a job, helps opposing sides come to an agreement
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1Each group has a moderator.
2Each group has a moderator.
3Other moderators become depressed.
4Our moderator is HBS Professor Robert Huckman.
5Add comment moderators.
to nobble
/nˈɑːbəl/
verb
to persuade someone to do what one wants by threatening them or giving them money
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1Yes, 'to nobble'.
2Now, 'nobbled' means sabotage.
3My horse was completely useless, but I'm sure it must have been 'nobbled'.
peacekeeper
/ˈpiˌskipɝ/
noun
someone who tries to stop others from fighting or quarreling
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1Her kind, patient demeanor earned her the nickname the Peacekeeper.
2The first test has been my standby for years, Peacekeeper.
3Yeah, these are UN peacekeepers.
4I recently met a male peacekeeper, who had just returned from deployment as a gender adviser in the Central African Republic.
5Now peacekeepers are controlled by The Capitol and they are basically the military and law enforcement in Panem.
peacemaker
/ˈpisˌmeɪkɝ/
noun
a country or person who tries to persuade other countries or people to stop quarreling or fighting
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1This is Peacemaker?
2Before him came the peacemakers of Northern Ireland, John Hume and George Mitchell.
3Before him came the peacemakers of Northern Ireland, John Hume and George Mitchell.
4"Blessed are the peacemakers."
5The name Winnie also means peacemaker and gentle friend
to persuade
/pɝˈsweɪd/
verb
to make a person do something by giving them a good reason why they should do it
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1His conservative counselors persuaded him of the dangers of the growth of radical Protestantism in the country.
2I am persuaded.
3It persuades no one.
4That doctrine in the Upjohn case persuaded that court that dissemination was necessary for the widespread goals of the discovery system.
5Today's word is persuade.
persuasion
/pɝˈsweɪʒən/
noun
the process or act of persuading someone to do or believe something particular
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1Make a persuasion check.
2Make a persuasion check.
3So what is persuasion?
4So what is persuasion?
5You might try persuasion.
persuasive
/pɝˈsweɪsɪv/
adjective
capable of convincing others to do or believe something particular
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1Statistics are persuasive.
2She's very persuasive.
3Is it persuasive?
4Still, his ideas were very persuasive.
5Justice Kagan then and now had persuasive powers.
to press
/ˈpɹɛs/
verb
to try very hard to persuade someone to do something
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1Their families, and the press, are kicking up a fuss.
2Lips press together.
3Tongue tip presses the back of the bottom front teeth and the middle part of the tongue presses forward along the roof of the mouth.
4A rolling wheel presses each coaster against an ink plate.
5Press the button now.
to pressure
/ˈpɹɛʃɝ/
verb
to force or persuade someone to do something
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1The engorged sinuses put pressure on the cranial arteries and veins, as well as muscles in the neck and head.
2The hand in of itself is still maintaining pressure.
3Pressure makes diamonds.
4Pressure makes diamonds.
5Pressure makes diamonds.
pressure
/ˈpɹɛʃɝ/
noun
the action of forcing, persuading, or intimidating someone into doing something
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1The engorged sinuses put pressure on the cranial arteries and veins, as well as muscles in the neck and head.
2The hand in of itself is still maintaining pressure.
3Pressure makes diamonds.
4Pressure makes diamonds.
5Pressure makes diamonds.
to pressurize
/ˈpɹɛʃɝˌaɪz/
verb
to force someone to do something
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1- Pressurize the hose.
2- Pressurize the hose.
3Tank is pressurizing.
4It pressurizes the bottle.
5The space pen's ink is pressurized with nitrogen.
to prevail on
/pɹɪvˈeɪl ˈɑːn/
verb
to persuade and convince a person to do something

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to push
/ˈpʊʃ/
verb
to influence someone to do something, particularly something that might be against their will
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1- Just push a tooth down.
2- Push the top button.
3Just push the button.
4Push that button.
5- Push this button.
to reason with
/ɹˈiːzən wɪð/
verb
to talk to someone to convince them to act or think more rationally
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1The Jumbotron couldn't reason with fans. -
2And John Gibbons couldn't reason with the umps.
3It could have been reasoned with.
4They make errors of logic in reasoning with uncertainty.
5Do not try to reason with them.
to seduce
/sɪˈdus/
verb
to influence someone to do something by making it seem interesting or pleasant
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1Meanwhile his halting, gauche attempts to seduce women were met by ridicule and rejection.
2She seduces her uncle.
3It seduces its visitor with sweet nectar.
4Cow seduces Indonesian man.
5Oh, OK, OK David So, tryna seduce the ladies.
silver tongue
/sˈɪlvɚ tˈʌŋ/
noun
the ability of persuading others to believe something or do something that one wants
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1His silver tongued mother sent him this scathing reproof . . .
2You have set my heart aflutter with your silver tongue.
3There's that silver tongue again.
4Silver tongue turned the lead?
5- I think like you're more thoroughly entrapped as one of Grindelwald's followers because you're in the clutch of his silver tongue.
silver-tongued
/sˈɪlvɚtˈʌŋd/
adjective
skilled at persuading others to believe something or do what one wants

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smooth-talking
/smˈuːðtˈɔːkɪŋ/
adjective
talking with confidence and politeness in order to persuade someone to do something, in a manner that might be insincere or dishonest

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to soften up
/sˈɔfən ˈʌp/
verb
to be very nice to someone so that the chance of them agreeing to do what one wants is increased

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to sway
/ˈsweɪ/
verb
to encourage someone to do or believe something
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1This urban myth actually still holds sway with a lot of physicians.
2On the right hand side, gravity holds sway.
3So out of 505 stocks, those 10 stocks sway the index more.
4Instead, your body sways very slightly.
5Sway, sway.
to sweeten
/ˈswitən/
verb
to attempt to persuade someone to do what one wants by promising them something or giving something to them
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1-Would this sweeten the pot?
2Those features only sweeten an already tempting pot for a guy who's always on the road.
3Nestles sweetened condensed milk.
4Number four, VitaminWater Zero, naturally sweetened.
5- That's sweetened?
to talk into
/tˈɔːk ˌɪntʊ/
verb
to convince someone to do something they do not want to do
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1RYAN HOLIDAY: Talk into his hip microphone please.
2So we talk into this?
3SPEAKER: Talk into it.
4- Don't talk into the straw!
5He would talk into the telephone.
to talk sb out of sth
/tˈɔːk ˌɛsbˈiː ˌaʊɾəv ˌɛstˌiːˈeɪtʃ/
phrase
to advise someone against doing something
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1Now, she could have refused to answer the stranger altogether, or tried to talk him out of it.
2the tattoo artist has said on several platforms already that he tried to talk him out of it.
3And I talked him out of it.
4I tried, furiously, everything I could do to talk him out of it.
5Wallis was horrified at the idea that Edward would abdicate for her, and tried to talk him out of it.
to tempt
/ˈtɛmpt/
verb
to persuade someone to do something that seems interesting to them, even though they know it is not good for them
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1The darkness also tempts the carnivores out of their hiding places.
2The darkness also tempts the carnivores out of their hiding places.
3Political disruptors are tempting voters away from the UK's two big main parties.
4This guy's name is TEMPT.
5TEMPT was one of the foremost graffiti artists in the 80s.
to twist one's arm
/twˈɪst sˈʌmwʌnz ˈɑːɹm/
phrase
to force or persuade someone to do something they are unwilling to do
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1If you’re feeling physical pain, it probably means that your body is under stress, damaged, or in danger, and your nervous system is sending a cease and desist signal to stop twisting your arm like that, or to back away from that bonfire, or please seek medical attention, like, RIGHT NOW.
2I love it, you don't have to twist his arm, Steve.
3They twist your arm.
4So a few years after this, through Billie Jean King and everyone at the Women's Sports Foundation-- some of the folks have been around obviously here at the conference-- the wonderful Women's Sports Foundation, which does so much good work, they basically kind of twist your arm and pretty soon you're president of the Women's Sports Foundation.
5I've read interpretations that it was really Jefferson writing to Madison who twisted his arm and talked him into it.
to urge
/ˈɝdʒ/
verb
to try hard to persuade or encourage someone to do something
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1At an emergency meeting on October 16, 1962, military advisors urged an airstrike on missile sites and invasion of the island.
2Secondly, the good listener urges clarification.
3They urge the continuation of the building.
4So she urges the tolerance, the room for great differences among neighbors.
5Now back in England, many people urged a lenient response to this.
to wheedle
/wˈiːdəl/
verb
to influence someone to do something or to get something from them by being superficially nice to them
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1Use our voice recognition software to cajole and wheedle the app down when it gives you an unsatisfactory calorie total.
2Reminds me in the 80s whenever there called wheedling right
3But a realistic digital avatar could be a useful cover for wheedling key details such as passwords or bank details out of targets.
4How they wheedle their way into the collective psyche without us even knowing, and how that should happen.
to win around
/wˈɪn ɐɹˈaʊnd/
verb
to try to change someone's opinion about something and gain their support or favor

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to win over
/wˈɪn ˈoʊvɚ/
verb
to try to change someone's opinion on something and gain their favor or support

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to work on
/wˈɜːk ˈɑːn/
verb
to attempt to persuade someone to do or agree to something
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1He did give them something to Work On, if they choose to.

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