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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024in•duct /ɪnˈdʌkt/USA pronunciation v. - to install in an office, place of honor, etc., esp. with formal ceremonies:[~ + object + into + object]to be inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame.
- to introduce, esp. to something requiring special knowledge:[~ + object + into/to + object]They inducted him into the mystic rites.
- Military[~ + object] to take (a draftee) into military service;
draft.
See -duc-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•duct (in dukt′),USA pronunciation v.t. - to install in an office, benefice, position, etc., esp. with formal ceremonies:The committee inducted her as president.
- to introduce, esp. to something requiring special knowledge or experience;
initiate (usually fol. by to or into):They inducted him into the mystic rites of the order. - Militaryto take (a draftee) into military service;
draft. - to bring in as a member:to induct a person into a new profession.
- Latin inductus past participle of indūcere, equivalent. to induc- (see induce) + -tus past participle suffix
- Middle English 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: induct /ɪnˈdʌkt/ vb (transitive)- to bring in formally or install in an office, place, etc; invest
- followed by to or into: to initiate in knowledge (of)
- US to enlist for military service; conscript
- another word for induce,
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin inductus led in, past participle of indūcere to introduce; see induce |