INDUCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does induce mean? 

• INDUCE (verb)
  The verb INDUCE has 5 senses:

1. cause to arise

2. cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner

3. cause to occur rapidly

4. reason or establish by induction

5. produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes

  Familiarity information: INDUCE used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INDUCE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they induce    ... he / she / it induces   
Past simple: induced   
Past participle: induced   
-ing form: inducing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to arise

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

bring on; induce

Context example:

induce a crisis

Hypernyms (to "induce" is one way to...):

bring forth; generate (bring into existence)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

inducement; inducing (act of bringing about a desired result)

inducive (inducing or influencing; leading on)

induction (the act of bringing about something (especially at an early time))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

cause; get; have; induce; make; stimulate

Context example:

My wife made me buy a new sofa

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "induce"):

decide (cause to decide)

persuade (cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm)

bring (induce or persuade)

solicit (incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination)

encourage (spur on)

let (actively cause something to happen)

lead (cause to undertake a certain action)

inspire; instigate; prompt (serve as the inciting cause of)

suborn (induce to commit perjury or give false testimony)

compel; obligate; oblige (force somebody to do something)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE

Sentence example:

They induce him to write the letter

Derivation:

inducement (a positive motivational influence)

inducer (someone who tries to persuade or induce or lead on)

inducing (act of bringing about a desired result)

inducive (inducing or influencing; leading on)

induction (an act that sets in motion some course of events)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Cause to occur rapidly

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

hasten; induce; rush; stimulate

Context example:

the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions

Hypernyms (to "induce" is one way to...):

effect; effectuate; set up (produce)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

inducing (act of bringing about a desired result)

induction (the act of bringing about something (especially at an early time))

Sense 4

Meaning:

Reason or establish by induction

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "induce" is one way to...):

conclude; reason; reason out (decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion)

Domain category:

logic; logical system; system of logic (a system of reasoning)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

induction (reasoning from detailed facts to general principles)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

induce; induct

Hypernyms (to "induce" is one way to...):

bring about; give rise; produce (cause to happen, occur or exist)

Domain category:

natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

induction (an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current)

 Context examples 

I doubt if she could have been induced to desert her post, by anyone else.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

If you can be induced to honour us with a visit, you will make us happy beyond expression.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Susceptible to estrogen-induced mammary and adrenal tumors.

(A990, Rat Strain, NCI Thesaurus)

I wish he may be induced to call here.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

As an atypical retinoid, adarotene has the ability to induce apoptosis which is independent of retinoid receptor signaling.

(Adarotene, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the a proliferation-inducing ligand in a biological specimen.

(A Proliferation-Inducing Ligand Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

MET tyrosine kinase inhibitor EMD 1214063 selectively binds to MET tyrosine kinase and disrupts MET signal transduction pathways, which may induce apoptosis in tumor cells overexpressing this kinase.

(MET Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor EMD 1214063, NCI Thesaurus)

It did not suit his sense of propriety, and he was silenced, till induced by further smiles and liveliness to put the matter by for the present.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

It may be idiopathic, drug-induced, or it may be associated with the presence of an endocrine disorder or malignancy.

(Acanthosis Nigricans, NCI Thesaurus)

This means that such a drug could potentially be used to induce stemness in T cells as a strategy to enhance cancer immunotherapies.

(Harnessing T-cell “stemness” could enhance cancer immunotherapy, National Institutes of Health)