INDUCT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does induct mean? 

• INDUCT (verb)
  The verb INDUCT has 5 senses:

1. place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position

2. accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite

3. admit as a member

4. produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes

5. introduce or initiate

  Familiarity information: INDUCT used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INDUCT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they induct    ... he / she / it inducts   
Past simple: inducted   
Past participle: inducted   
-ing form: inducting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

induct; invest; seat

Context example:

there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy

Hypernyms (to "induct" is one way to...):

instal; install (put into an office or a position)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP

Derivation:

inductee (someone who is drafted into military service)

inductee (a person inducted into an organization or social group)

induction (a formal entry into an organization or position or office)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

induct; initiate

Context example:

African men are initiated when they reach puberty

Hypernyms (to "induct" is one way to...):

admit; include; let in (allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP

Derivation:

inductee (a person inducted into an organization or social group)

induction (a formal entry into an organization or position or office)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Admit as a member

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

We were inducted into the honor society

Hypernyms (to "induct" is one way to...):

invite; receive; take in (express willingness to have in one's home or environs)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sense 4

Meaning:

Produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

induce; induct

Hypernyms (to "induct" is one way to...):

bring about; give rise; produce (cause to happen, occur or exist)

Domain category:

natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

induction (an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Introduce or initiate

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

The young geisha was inducted into the ways of her profession

Hypernyms (to "induct" is one way to...):

instruct; learn; teach (impart skills or knowledge to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

induction (an act that sets in motion some course of events)

induction (the act of bringing about something (especially at an early time))

 Context examples 

Expressed in a variety of tissues (heart strongest), human RASD1 Gene (RASD GTPase Family) at 17p11.2 encodes 281-aa 32-kDa Activator of G-Protein Signaling 1, a dexamethasone inducted RAS-related protein that may play a role in alterations of cell morphology, growth, and cell-extracellular matrix interactions.

(Activator of G-Protein Signaling 1, NCI Thesaurus)