{
    "term": "induce",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "induce",
            "heSheIt": "induces"
        },
        "pastSimple": "induced",
        "pastParticiple": "induced",
        "ingForm": "inducing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to persuade or influence somebody to do something",
            "sensetop": "induce somebody to do something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Nothing would induce me to take the job."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Large commissions were required to induce banks to participate in deals."
                },
                {
                    "text": "No amount of persuasion could induce her to stay longer."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Discussion and agreement"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to cause something",
            "sensetop": "induce something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "drugs that induce sleep"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a drug-induced coma"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Hearing loss is often induced by exposure to loud noise."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Change, cause and effect"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to make a woman start giving birth to her baby by giving her special drugs; to make a baby start being born by giving the mother special drugs",
            "sensetop": "induce somebody/something",
            "labels": "(medical)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an induced labour"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We'll have to induce her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was admitted and the baby was induced at 35 weeks."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Life stages"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈdjuːs/",
                "audio": "in/induce/induce__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈdjuːsɪz/",
                "audio": "in/induce/induces__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈdjuːst/",
                "audio": "in/induce/induced__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈdjuːsɪŋ/",
                "audio": "in/induce/inducing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈduːs/",
                "audio": "in/induce/induce__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈduːsɪz/",
                "audio": "in/induce/induces__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈduːst/",
                "audio": "in/induce/induced__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈduːsɪŋ/",
                "audio": "in/induce/inducing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (formerly also as enduce): from Latin inducere ‘lead in’, from in- ‘into’ + ducere ‘to lead’, or from French enduire."
}