induce

C1 · Advanced Academic

v. to cause a particular physical or mental state to happen.

v. to bring about or give rise to a specific condition or effect. Often used in medical or psychological contexts.

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“The medication can induce a feeling of sleepiness in some patients.”

“High levels of stress can induce physiological changes that negatively impact long-term cardiovascular health.”

C1 · Advanced Medicine Technical

v. to use medicine or other methods to start the process of giving birth.

v. to bring on the process of childbirth by artificial means. Transitive; the object is typically the mother or the labour itself.

“The doctors decided to induce her because the baby was two weeks late.”

“Medical guidelines suggest that doctors should only induce labour when the risks of continuing the pregnancy outweigh the risks of early delivery.”

C2 · Proficiency Science Technical

v. to create an electric current or magnetic field using a nearby magnet or wire.

v. to produce an electromotive force or magnetic property in a body by proximity to a magnet or a varying current.

“Moving a magnet near a wire can induce an electric current.”

“The primary coil is designed to induce a high-voltage current in the secondary winding through electromagnetic induction.”

C2 · Proficiency Mathematics Academic · Technical

v. to reach a general conclusion by looking at specific facts.

v. to derive a general principle or law from particular instances or facts. The inverse of deduction.

“Scientists induce general laws of nature by observing many different experiments.”

“While the detective could deduce the killer's identity from the clues, the philosopher sought to induce a broader theory of human behaviour from the same evidence.”