inductee
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5.6
- noun
- /ɪnˈdʌkti/
- Formal
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nueva incorporación
- The astronaut was honored as an inductee into the Space Exploration Hall of Fame this year.
- inductee into MENC
Examples
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Recent Hall of Fame inductees Dermontti Dawson and Jack Butler will be present, as will recently retired linebacker Joey Porter.
Blog text (18) -
And now it is my pleasure to welcome the new inductees to the long bay country club: Mr. and Mrs. Neil Bucyk...
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The Chicago Fire announced today that there will be no new Ring of Fire inductee this season.
Blog text (24) -
And join me in welcoming our first inductee...
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Now, these alums set a stage of social justice, which brings me to our inductee, Doctor Michael Drake.
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In choosing the first 50 inductees, the committee considered over 100 athletes and coaches from the first 25 years.
Blog text (12) -
The new inductees brought the total number of ACM Fellows to 726.
Academic text (2012) -
Edwin E. Gordon, a recent inductee into the MENC Hall of Fame, is a distinguished lecturer, author, researcher, and teacher.
Academic text (1999) -
We're here to acknowledge the greatest ballplayers of all time, those men still gracing our presence who were among the earliest inductees into the Hall of Fame.
Fiction book (1994) -
He became the latest inductee of the military academy after completing his training.
Synonyms
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3.6
A person who has recently joined a group or the army
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6.9
A person new to a group, often accepted after a ceremony
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7.0
A person who recently joined the armed forces
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Etymology
Inductee comes from the parts in- 'into' and duct 'lead', plus the ending -ee. A helpful way to remember it is that an inductee is someone 'led into' a group or job in a formal ceremony, and -ee is the same ending as in employee and trainee, meaning 'the person who receives the action'.