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- Dictionaryin·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 Opposite
- 2. install in a seat or room: archaic "Hugh and his friends were inducted into the most honorable seats"
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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.
1. : to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install. was inducted as president of the college. 2. a. : to admit as a member. inducted into a scholastic society. b. : to enroll for military training or service (as under a selective service act) c. : introduce, initiate. 3. : lead, conduct. Synonyms. baptize. inaugurate. initiate.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. to officially introduce somebody into a group or an organization, especially the army.
The meaning of INDUCTION is the act or process of inducting (as into office). How to use induction in a sentence.
IPA guide. Other forms: inducted; inducting; inducts. Induct is what groups do when they formally accept new members, like the honor societies that, every school year, induct students who meet the qualifications. When you induct someone into a group, you formally welcome him or her as a member.
