induce
part of speech
verb (induce, induces, induced, inducing)
meaning for a pupil
1) (formal) To cause something to happen, as in «Some medicines induce sleep». tree →
2) To persuade or tempt someone to do something. tree →
3) (medicine) To start the birth of a baby with medicine. tree →
4) (science) To produce electricity or magnetism without touching, as in an induced current. tree →
sense in the lessons
In formal writing and science: «Heat can induce a chemical change»; «Spinning a magnet in a coil induces a current». In everyday life: «Nothing could induce me to eat that!» In health: a doctor may induce labour.
examples
- Warm milk may induce sleep. tree →
- Nothing would induce me to jump off that wall. tree →
- The doctor decided to induce the baby. tree →
- Moving a magnet through a coil induces a current. tree →
- The bright lights induced a headache. tree →
- They offered prizes to induce people to recycle. tree →
- Perhaps you will be able to induce her to be reasonable.’ tree →
note
Formal. Noun: inducement (a reward to persuade), induction (in science and when you start a new job or school). Everyday words: cause, persuade.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «induce» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.