INDUCT Definition & Meaning

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induct

[ in-duhkt ]

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verb (used with object)

to install in an office, benefice, position, etc., especially with formal ceremonies:
The committee inducted her as president.
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

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verb

to bring in formally or install in an office, place, etc; invest
foll byto or into to initiate in knowledge (of)
to enlist for military service; conscript
physics another word for induce induce

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of induct¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin inductus, past participle of ��Ի�ū��, equivalent to induc- “to introduce, lead in” + -tus past participle suffix; induce

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of induct¹

C14: from Latin inductus led in, past participle of ��Ի�ū�� to introduce; see induce

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Miller was inducted into the Hall of Fame at both his high school and university.

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The City Section is holding its latest Hall of Fame induction ceremony Sunday, so let me offer some memories of several being inducted.

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April 6 is the day the newest class of City Section Hall of Fame sports selections will be inducted during a ceremony at the Odyssey Restaurant in Granada Hills.

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What would it mean to be inducted in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in light of President Trump’s anti-immigrant policies?

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He later was named to the school’s all-decade team for the 1960s and was inducted into the university’s Hall of Fame in 1999.

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