Meaning | Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE |
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Model | They induce him to write the letter |
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Example | "The ads induced me to buy a VCR" |
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Synonyms | stimulate, cause, have, get, make |
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Narrower | bring | induce or persuade |
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compel, oblige, obligate | Force somebody to do something |
decide | Cause to decide |
encourage | spur on |
lead | Cause to undertake a certain action / action |
let | actively cause something to happen / happen / happen / happen |
persuade | Cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action |
prompt, inspire, instigate | Serve as the inciting cause of |
solicit | incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination |
suborn | induce to commit perjury or give false testimony |
Spanish | causar, estimular, hacer, incentivar, inducir, ocasionar, producir, provocar |
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Catalan | causar, estimular, fer, incentivar, induir, ocasionar, provocar |
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Adjectives | inducive | inducing or influencing |
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Nouns | inducement | a positive motivational influence |
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inducer | someone who tries to persuade / persuade or induce or lead on |
inducing | act of bringing about a desired result |
induction | an act that sets in motion some course of events |