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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024in•duce /ɪnˈdus, -ˈdyus/USA pronunciation v., -duced, -duc•ing. - to move (someone) by persuasion: [~ + object]The unsuccessful job interview induced a sense of failure in him.[~ + object + to + verb]See if you can induce him to stay.
- to bring about or cause:[~ + object]Carbohydrates eaten in the late evening induce sleep.
- Electricity[~ + object] to produce (an electric current) by induction.
in•duc•er, n. [countable]See -duc-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•duce (in do̅o̅s′, -dyo̅o̅s′),USA pronunciation v.t., -duced, -duc•ing. - to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind:to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket.
- to bring about, produce, or cause:That medicine will induce sleep.
- Physicsto produce (an electric current) by induction.
- Philosophy[Logic.]to assert or establish (a proposition about a class of phenomena) on the basis of observations on a number of particular facts.
- Geneticsto increase expression of (a gene) by inactivating a negative control system or activating a positive control system;
derepress. - Biochemistryto stimulate the synthesis of (a protein, esp. an enzyme) by increasing gene transcription.
- Latin indūcere to lead or bring in, introduce, equivalent. to in- in-2 + dūcere to lead; compare adduce, deduce, reduce
- Middle English 1325–75
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged actuate, prompt, incite, urge, spur. See persuade.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged dissuade.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: induce /ɪnˈdjuːs/ vb (transitive)- (often followed by an infinitive) to persuade or use influence on
- to cause or bring about
- to initiate or hasten (labour), as by administering a drug to stimulate uterine contractions
- obsolete to assert or establish (a general proposition, hypothesis, etc) by induction
- to produce (an electromotive force or electrical current) by induction
- to transmit (magnetism) by induction
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin indūcere to lead in, from dūcere to leadinˈducer n inˈducible adj |