induce

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• General-American: /ɪnˈduːs/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdjuːs/
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• rhymes with -uːs
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 N D UW1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English enducen, borrowed from Latin indūcere (“lead in, bring in, introduce”), from in + dūcō (“lead, conduct”). Compare also abduce, adduce, conduce, deduce, produce, reduce etc. Doublet of endue.

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Asturian: inducir — to cause; persuade; force
• Bulgarian: убеждавам (ubeždavam) — to cause; persuade; force
• Bulgarian: накарвам (nakarvam) — to cause; persuade; force
• Catalan: induir — to cause; persuade; force
• Dutch: opwekken — to cause; persuade; force
• Dutch: veroorzaken — to cause; persuade; force
• Dutch: overhalen — to cause; persuade; force
• Dutch: forceren — to cause; persuade; force
• Dutch: bewerkstelligen — to cause; persuade; force
• Finnish: aiheuttaa — to cause; persuade; force
• Finnish: aikaansaada — to cause; persuade; force
• Finnish: houkutella — to cause; persuade; force
• French: induire — to cause; persuade; force
• Galician: inducir — to cause; persuade; force
• German: dazu bringen — to cause; persuade; force
• German: anstacheln — to cause; persuade; force
• Hungarian: okoz — to cause; persuade; force
• Hungarian: létrehoz — to cause; persuade; force
• Hungarian: előidéz — to cause; persuade; force
• Hungarian: kelt — to cause; persuade; force
• Hungarian: rávesz — to cause; persuade; force
• Hungarian: rábír — to cause; persuade; force
• Ido: induktar — to cause; persuade; force
• Italian: persuadere — to cause; persuade; force
• Italian: incitare — to cause; persuade; force
• Khmer: បង្ក (bɑŋkɑɑ) — to cause; persuade; force
• Latin: induco — to cause; persuade; force
• Māori: whakapakepake — to cause; persuade; force
• Norwegian Bokmål: forårsake — to cause; persuade; force
• Occitan: indusir — to cause; persuade; force
• Occitan: induir — to cause; persuade; force
• Portuguese: induzir — to cause; persuade; force
• Russian: побужда́ть (pobuždátʹ) — to cause; persuade; force
• Russian: убежда́ть (ubeždátʹ) — to cause; persuade; force
• Russian: склоня́ть (sklonjátʹ) — to cause; persuade; force
• Russian: заставля́ть (zastavljátʹ) — to cause; persuade; force
• Slovak: vyvolať — to cause; persuade; force
• Slovak: indukovať — to cause; persuade; force
• Spanish: inducir — to cause; persuade; force
• Welsh: peri — to cause; persuade; force
• Welsh: cymell — to cause; persuade; force
• German: bewirken — to cause, bring about, lead to
• German: verursachen — to cause, bring about, lead to
• German: hervorrufen — to cause, bring about, lead to
• German: führen zu — to cause, bring about, lead to
• Italian: indurre — to cause, bring about, lead to
• Italian: provocare — to cause, bring about, lead to
• Spanish: inducir — to cause, bring about, lead to
• Welsh: peri — to cause, bring about, lead to
• Bulgarian: индуцирам (induciram) — (physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state)
• German: induzieren — (physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state)
• Italian: indurre — (physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state)
• Slovak: indukovať — (physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state)
• Spanish: inducir — (physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state)
• Welsh: anwytho — (physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state)