Meaning of induce in English

induce

verb

/ɪnˈdjuːs/ us

/ɪnˈduːs/

induce verb (PERSUADE)

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[ T + obj + to infinitive ] formal

to persuade someone to do something:

induce someone to do something They induced her to take the job by promising editorial freedom.

nothing could induce Nothing could induce me (= I definitely cannot be persuaded) to climb a mountain.

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Urging & persuading

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induce verb (CAUSE)

[ T ] formal

to cause something to happen:

Pills for seasickness often induce drowsiness.

[ T usually passive ] medical specialized

to use a drug to make a pregnant woman start giving birth or make a baby start to be born:

With my first pregnancy, I was two weeks overdue and had to be induced.

In this hospital, twins are often induced.

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Causing things to happen

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Obstetrics: birth

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induce

verb [ T ]

/ɪnˈdus/

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to persuade someone to do something, or to cause something to happen:

They induced her to take the job by offering her a bonus.

If doctors induce labor, they cause a baby to be born before its natural time.

inducement

noun [ C ] us

/ɪnˈdus·mənt/

If you want me to stay, you’re going to have to offer me some inducement.

(Definition of induce from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

induce | Business English

induce

verb [ T ]

/ɪnˈdjuːs/ us

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to make something happen or to persuade someone to do something:

The aim of advertising is to induce brand loyalty.

induce sb to do sth Salesmen may make untrue statements to try to induce you to buy the product.

(Definition of induce from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of induce

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They also conclude that reforms induced important financial development and reduced the regressiveness of the old systems that they replace.

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The outlet of the first shock in the gas induces a strong rarefaction wave which reflects also into a shock at the ablation radius.

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The basic effects on the flow induced by yaw-angle and curvature can easily be recovered from the present solution.

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Simple method for reducing the depolarization loss resulting from thermally induced birefringence in solid-state lasers.

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Then induces an isomorphism of the first homotopy groups of the underlying surfaces.

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To induce chemical reactions on these surfaces it is important to consider an energy source.

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There are at least three alternative explanations for our results other than evidence of a transmission cost to inducing symptoms.

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Movements may arise from structural deformation, or may be induced by temperature variations or changes in moisture content.

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Previous events in a sequence influence outcomes and trajectories, but not necessarily by inducing further movement in the same direction.

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This order directly induces a priority order among the nodes: to choose between two nodes, prefer the one which would be visited first.

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Therefore, we can hypothesize that severe droughts induce leaf shedding and flushing in the tropical rain forest.

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Intuitively, the positive savings effect associated with the reduction in generational turnover attenuates the fall in aggregate savings induced by the lower rate of interest.

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Information contents are a partially ordered set, and the partial order on information contents induces a quasi-order on terms.

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The measures proposed are oriented to mitigating the factors that induce greater environmental deterioration and poverty.

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The genealogical quest in this otherwise well-researched and very interesting book induces a rather too teleological reading of the works studied.

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誘使, 勸說, 導致…

Meaning of induce in English

induce verb (PERSUADE)

induce verb (CAUSE)

induce | American Dictionary

inducement

induce | Business English

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