to induct
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6.2
- verb
- /ɪnˈdʌkt/
- Formal
:
incorporar a
- After being inducted into the Army in July 1918, he was assigned to an engineering regiment.
- new members being inducted
- inducted into the Hall
This is where you are inducted into the pantheon of talented artists who are shitty people.
- This is where you are inducted into the pantheon of talented artists who are shitty people.
- It was like, come to my church and got inducted into this group, which was pretty sort of theologically weaponized, pretty scary stuff.
- They have not been in in inducted into manhood.
- So we have this cohort of, you know, kids who have been in inducted into school.
- What is AI alignment for the people who aren't inducted?
- After a while, it sort of lost its and people that you think people that were getting inducted, you're like, Are you sure?
- Ken Buchanan and he, Ken went on to become the world lightweight champion and inducted into the US Hall of Fame.
Examples
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McClain was inducted into the Hall of Fame - just last year.
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You're now about to be inducted as a member of the Gambino family.
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You say more and you might as well induct him into the Order.
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What do you say we induct him as an honorary member?
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How do you feel about being inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame?
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The survival of the club relies on new members being inducted and trained.
Academic text (1995) -
And now, everyone, how fantastic that you are inducting Chuck into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame.
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- You're getting inducted into the Hall of Fame.
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I mentioned Mr. McKnight, who has just been inducted into the Business Hall of Fame this year.
Academic text (1995) -
At the ceremony, they will induct the new members into the organization with great formality.
Synonyms
238
2.8
Allow someone to join a group or organization
164
2.7
To register officially to take a course or join a group
85
6.2
To give someone official power or a job, often in a ceremony
69
3.9
To put someone into an official job at a ceremony
53
4.2
To give someone a formal promise before they start an official job
32
6.3
To officially begin something, often in a ceremony
30
6.8
To put someone into an official position in a formal way
23
6.3
To officially accept someone into a group by a ceremony
1
6.6
To officially put someone into a position or office
Antonyms
194
5.0
Force someone to leave a place, such as a school or country, often by official order
How Official
- Formal
32
6.3
- Formal
69
3.9
- Formal
31
6.2
- Formal
580
3.2
238
2.8
- US
164
2.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word induct comes from the Latin parts in- 'into' and ducere 'to lead'. It originally meant to 'lead into', so to induct someone is to formally lead them into a job or group, often with a ceremony.