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- DictionaryIn·duce/ənˈdo͞os/
verb
- 1. succeed in persuading or influencing (someone) to do something: "the pickets induced many workers to stay away"
- 2. bring about or give rise to: "none of these measures induced a change of policy"
1. a. : to move by persuasion or influence. b. : to call forth or bring about by influence or stimulation. 2. a. : effect, cause. b. : to cause the formation of. c. : to produce by induction. induce an electric current. 3. : to determine by induction. specifically : to infer from particulars. Did you know?
INDUCE definition: 1. to persuade someone to do something: 2. to cause something to happen: 3. to use a drug to make…. Learn more.
To induce is to move or lead someone to action. A promise of a lollipop can induce a toddler to do just about anything, even sit down and be polite to Aunt Edna. Older kids need something more substantial.
Induce definition: to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind. See examples of INDUCE used in a sentence.
1. verb. To induce a state or condition means to cause it. Doctors said surgery could induce a heart attack. [VERB noun] ...an economic crisis induced by high oil prices. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: cause, produce, create, begin More Synonyms of induce. 2. verb. If you induce someone to do something, you persuade or influence them to do it.
induce somebody/something (medical) to make a woman start giving birth to her baby by giving her special drugs; to make a baby start being born by giving the mother special drugs. an induced labour; We'll have to induce her. I was admitted and the baby was induced at 35 weeks.
INDUCE meaning: 1 : to cause (someone or something) to do something; 2 : to cause (something) to happen or exist.
Definitions of 'induce'. 1. To induce a state or condition means to cause it. [...] 2. If you induce someone to do something, you persuade or influence them to do it. [...] More.
Definition of induce verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. To lead or move, as to a course of action, by influence or persuasion. See Synonyms at persuade. 2. To bring about or stimulate the occurrence of; cause: a drug used to induce labor. 3. To infer by inductive reasoning. 4. Physics. a. To produce (an electric current or a magnetic charge) by induction. b.
