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    in·duct
    /inˈdək(t)/

    verb

    • 1. admit (someone) formally to a position or organization: "each worker, if formally inducted into the Mafia, is known as a “soldier.”" Similar admit toallow intointroduce toinitiate intoOpposite bar from
    • 2. install in a seat or room: archaic "Hugh and his friends were inducted into the most honorable seats"

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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › inductedInducted Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of INDUCT is to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install. How to use induct in a sentence.

  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishINDUCTED | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    to introduce someone formally or with a special ceremony to an organization or group, or to beliefs or ideas: be inducted into Li Xiannian was inducted into the Politburo in 1956. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Ceremonies. anti-ritualism. cavalcade. ceremonially. ceremony. guard of honour. hara-kiri. initiation ceremony. initiatory.

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryINDUCTED | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    to introduce someone formally or with a special ceremony to an organization or group, or to beliefs or ideas: be inducted into Li Xiannian was inducted into the Politburo in 1956. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Ceremonies.

  5. www.thefreedictionary.com › inductedInducted - definition of inducted by The Free Dictionary

    1. to install in an office, benefice, position, etc., esp. with formal ceremonies. 2. to introduce, esp. to something requiring special knowledge or experience; initiate (usu. fol. by to or into ): They inducted him into the mystic rites of the order. 3. to take (a draftee) into military service; draft.

  6. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishINDUCT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    to introduce someone formally or with a special ceremony to an organization or group, or to beliefs or ideas: be inducted into Li Xiannian was inducted into the Politburo in 1956. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Ceremonies. anti-ritualism. cavalcade. ceremonially. ceremony. guard of honour. hara-kiri. initiate. initiatory. installation

  7. www.dictionary.com › browse › inductINDUCT Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    to introduce, especially to something requiring special knowledge or experience; initiate (usually followed by to or into ): They inducted him into the mystic rites of the order. to take (a draftee) into military service; draft. to bring in as a member: to induct a person into a new profession. induct. / ɪnˈdʌkt / verb.

  8. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishINDUCT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    1. to bring in formally or install in an office, place, etc; invest. 2. (foll by to or into) to initiate in knowledge (of) 3. US. to enlist for military service; conscript. 4. physics another word for induce (sense 5), induce (sense 6) Collins English Dictionary.

  9. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › inductionInduction Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Jun 14, 2024 · The meaning of INDUCTION is the act or process of inducting (as into office). How to use induction in a sentence.

  10. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitioninduct verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

    to formally give somebody a job or position of authority, especially as part of a ceremony. be inducted (into something) (as something) He had been inducted into the church as a priest in the previous year. Want to learn more?

  11. www.dictionary.com › browse › inductionINDUCTION Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    a presentation or bringing forward, as of facts or evidence. Electricity, Magnetism. the process by which a body having electric or magnetic properties produces magnetism, an electric charge, or an electromotive force in a neighboring body without contact. Compare electromagnetic induction, electrostatic induction.