Induction Meaning
/ɪnˈdʌkʃən/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAn act of inducting.
nounAn act of inducting., A formal ceremony in which a person is appointed to an office or into military service.
Sentence Examples
The rock star's induction into the Hall of Fame was predicted by all.
I broke my gas-powered rice cooker so I got an induction rice cooker instead.
Induction cookers use magnets to directly heat pots and pans.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ ceremony for new employees will be held in the auditorium.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The new soldiers underwent a brief ____ period before they were sent to their final units.
Word Origin & History
Inherited from Middle English induction, from Old French induction, from Latin inductiō, from indūcō (“to lead”). By surface analysis, induct + -ion or induce + -tion.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"I know not you; nor am I well pleased to make this time, as the affair now stands, the induction of your acquaintance."
— 1612–1613, Nathan Field, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, “The Honest Mans Fortune”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act II, scene i:
"These promises are fair, the parties sure, / And our induction full of prosperous hope."
— c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
"[Strom] Thurmond also condemned [Bayard] Rustin for having refusing ^([sic]) military induction as a conscientious objector."
— 2006 February 24, Leslie Feinberg, “Civil rights leaders faced red-baiting, gay-baiting”, in Workers World:
"One of the first examples of the immunogenicity of recombinantly derived antibodies was with murine anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody (OKT3) used in the induction of immunosupression after organ transplantation."
— 2002, Gilbert S. Banker, Christopher T. Rhodes, Modern Pharmaceutics, 4th edition, Informa Health Care, →ISBN, page 699:
"For the most part they contented themselves with repeating a few familiar facts or adding a few fresh theories ; they did not attempt a wide induction on the basis of a systematic collection and classification of the evidence."
— 1910, James George Frazer, Totemism and Exogamy, volume 1, page vii:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ ceremony for new employees will be held in the auditorium.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The new soldiers underwent a brief ____ period before they were sent to their final units.