induce
To succeed in persuading or influencing someone to do something. It also means to bring about or cause a specific physical condition or reaction to happen.
Beispiele
3 von 5Nothing could induce me to climb that mountain in this weather.
Nothing could persuade me to go up that mountain during this storm.
The government is considering tax cuts to induce more consumer spending.
The government is thinking about lowering taxes to encourage people to spend more money.
You can't induce me to eat that weird-looking soup!
You cannot talk me into eating that strange soup.
Wortfamilie
Merkhilfe
Think of the 'in' in 'induce' as 'inviting' something to happen—whether it's inviting a person to act or inviting a physical state like sleep.
Schnelles Quiz
The doctors decided to ______ labor because the baby was two weeks overdue.
Richtig!
Die richtige Antwort ist: induce
Beispiele
Nothing could induce me to climb that mountain in this weather.
everydayNothing could persuade me to go up that mountain during this storm.
The government is considering tax cuts to induce more consumer spending.
formalThe government is thinking about lowering taxes to encourage people to spend more money.
You can't induce me to eat that weird-looking soup!
informalYou cannot talk me into eating that strange soup.
The drug was found to induce a state of deep relaxation in the clinical trials.
academicThe medication was shown to cause a state of very deep rest during the scientific tests.
High commissions are used to induce agents to close more deals.
businessLarge payments are used to motivate sales agents to finish more contracts.
Wortfamilie
Häufige Kollokationen
Häufige Phrasen
induce a coma
to put a patient into a controlled unconscious state for medical reasons
nothing could induce
used to say that you will absolutely not do something
inducement to stay
an incentive offered to make someone remain in a position
Wird oft verwechselt mit
Deduce means to reach a logical conclusion from evidence, whereas induce means to cause an action or condition.
Produce means to create or manufacture something, while induce specifically means to cause a state or persuade someone.
Nutzungshinweise
In a medical context, it is almost always used to describe starting a biological process. In social contexts, it often implies a level of persuasion that might involve an incentive.
Häufige Fehler
Learners often use 'induce' when 'cause' or 'make' would be simpler; 'induce' is better reserved for formal, medical, or specific persuasive contexts.
Merkhilfe
Think of the 'in' in 'induce' as 'inviting' something to happen—whether it's inviting a person to act or inviting a physical state like sleep.
Wortherkunft
From the Latin 'inducere', which means 'to lead in' (in- 'into' + ducere 'to lead').
Grammatikmuster
Kultureller Kontext
The term is most frequently encountered by the general public in the US and UK in the context of medical 'induced labor' during pregnancy.
Schnelles Quiz
The doctors decided to ______ labor because the baby was two weeks overdue.
Richtig!
Die richtige Antwort ist: induce
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