Definition of induce - Reverso English Dictionary
Verb
1.
persuasionpersuade someone to do something
- She induced him to join the club.
2.
cause effectcause something to happen
- The loud noise might induce a panic among the crowd..
3.
medicalTECH. use drugs to bring on childbirth or abortionTECH.
- The doctor decided to induce labor to avoid complications..
4.
electricityTECH. produce electric current through inductionTECH.
- The coil can induce a current.
Expressions with induce
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cause someone to start sleeping through actions drugs or conditions
The medication may induce sleep within thirty minutes.
start childbirth using medicine or other medical methods
The doctor decided to induce labour for the patient.
Origin of induce
Latin, inducere (to lead in)
Terms with induce included in their meaning
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induce anxiety
cause someone to feel anxious
enticement
something offered to persuade or induce
induce condition
cause someone to experience, usually something negative
induce sleep
cause someone to fall asleep
induce fear
cause sudden fear in others
induce guilt
cause someone to feel embarrassed or guilty
recreational use
nitrous oxide used recreationally to induce euphoria
convince to believe
induce someone to believe something
induce horror
cause to feel horror or shock
choice
persuade or induce someone
soporific
tending to induce sleep
induce sleep
induce someone to fall asleep
romance
induce romantic or sexual attraction
hypnosis
induce a trance-like state in someone
medical
induce immunity in an organism
induce oxidation
cause to undergo a reaction with oxygen
induce color
cause to become red
medical
treatment using electric currents to induce convulsions
induce marking
cause small brown spots to appear on skin
induce breathing
cause someone to breathe rapidly and deeply
hypnosis
induce a trance-like state
chemistry
heat to high temperature but below melting point to induce thermal decomposition
induce sleepiness
make someone sleepy or dull
induce change
cause to undergo fermentation
Examples of induce in a sentence
His speech induced the crowd to take action. The speech could induce a change in public opinion. Certain medications can induce sleep. They had to induce labor due to the baby's position. The medication was used to induce childbirth safely. A magnetic field can induce electricity in a wire.
The experiment showed how to induce a voltage.
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- French:inciter, provoquer, ...
- German:überreden, auslösen, ...
- Italian:convincere, provocare, ...
- Spanish:inducir, provocar, ...
- Portuguese:persuadir, provocar, ...
- Chinese:劝说, 引起, ...
- Japanese:説得する, 引き起こす, ...
- Arabic:حَثّ, أَفْضَى إِلَى, ...
- Hebrew:לְשַׁכְנֵעַ, לִגְרוֹם, ...
- Russian:убедить, вызывать, ...
- Ukrainian:переконувати, спричинити, ...
- Hindi:राज़ी करना, उत्पन्न करना, ...
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