| query | To i_____ a state or condition means to cause it.To induce a state or condition means to cause it. Doctors said surgery could induce a heart attack. ...an economic crisis induced by high oil prices. |
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| word | induce |
| full-definition | verb To induce a state or condition means to cause it. Doctors said surgery could induce a heart attack. ...an economic crisis induced by high oil prices. If you induce someone to do something, you persuade or influence them to do it. I would do anything to induce them to stay. More than 4,000 teachers were induced to take early retirement. If a doctor or nurse induces labour or birth, they cause a pregnant woman to start giving birth by using drugs or other medical means. He might decide that it is best to induce labour. ...if there are obvious medical reasons for induction. |
| inflections | inducesinducinginducedinduction |
| cefr-level | C1 |
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