induce
Cause to happen
To induce is to bring about or cause something to happen.
You might induce vomiting after swallowing poison, or a doctor might induce labor to start childbirth.
The word often implies deliberate causation: The medication induced drowsiness.
To induce someone to do something is to persuade or influence them: What induced you to take such a risk?
In science, induction is reasoning from specific observations to general principles, or creating an electrical current through magnetic fields.
What initiates action
- precipitateHeadlong and reckless
- provokeIncite a response
- elicitDraw out by effort
- bring aboutCause to happen
give rise to · lead to · occasion · engender · spawn · instigate · catalyze · generate
Cause to believe
- coaxPersuade by gentle urging
- cajolePersuade through flattery
- prevail uponSuccessfully persuade someone
- talk intoPersuade through discussion
win over · sway · encourage · urge · press · prompt · entice · inveigle
Strenuous effort; also childbirth
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
- vomitingExpelling stomach contents orally
- hypnosisInduced trance state
- comaUnwakeable unconsciousness
sedation · childbirth · ovulation · sleep · trance · hypothermia · contractions · abortion
Derive by reasoning
- concludeEnd or infer
- deriveObtain from a source
- extrapolateExtend known data outward
- reasonBasis or justification
generalize · hypothesize · surmise · postulate · gather · intuit · construe · presume
trigger
What initiates action
- precipitateHeadlong and reckless
- provokeIncite a response
- elicitDraw out by effort
bring about · give rise to · lead to · occasion · engender · spawn · instigate · catalyze · generate · yield
convince
Cause to believe
- coaxPersuade by gentle urging
- cajolePersuade through flattery
- prevail uponSuccessfully persuade someone
talk into · win over · sway · encourage · urge · press · prompt · entice · inveigle · wheedle
labor
Strenuous effort; also childbirth
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
- vomitingExpelling stomach contents orally
- hypnosisInduced trance state
coma · sedation · childbirth · ovulation · sleep · trance · hypothermia · contractions · abortion · relaxation
infer
Derive by reasoning
- concludeEnd or infer
- deriveObtain from a source
- extrapolateExtend known data outward
reason · generalize · hypothesize · surmise · postulate · gather · intuit · construe · presume · reckon
current
Directed flow of charge
field · electromagnetic · coil · flux · potential · resonance · oscillation · frequency · impedance · capacitance
- persuasionpersuade, persuasion, persuasive, convince, convincing
- memoryremember, forget, recall, memorize, recollect
- precipitationrain, snow, hail, drizzle, sleet
- accomplishaccomplish, achieve, complete, do, finish
- planningplan, planned, planners, to-do lists, calendars
- electrical termsshock, charge, discharge, spark, zap
inducedissuade
Convince not to
deter · discourage · prevent · talk out of · hinder
- induced comaArtificially maintained unconsciousness for treatment
- induced laborArtificially initiated childbirth
- induction stoveMagnetic-field heated cooktop
- medically induced comaPurposeful drug-induced unconsciousness
- electromagnetic inductionVoltage from field changes
- induction cookingMagnetic field heats pot
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