Decide and Induce

Decide

Decide verb - Cause to decide.
Usage example: This new development finally decided me!

Induce and decide are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Induce" instead a verb "Decide".

Nearby Words: decisive, decision, deciding, decider

Induce

Induce verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).
Usage example: the medication induced labor

Decide and induce are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Decide" instead a verb "Induce".

Nearby Words: inducement, induction, inducing

Common collocations

attack decide attack induce attack
kind decide kind induce kind
sort decide sort induce sort
show decide show induce show
Other words: death, time.

Both words in one sentence

  • Not-So-Forgotten Birthday Then, his parents decide to induce Lois's labour (she is pregnant at the time) so his new brother will get born on the same day.
  • Exhibit A does this to the entire Order of the Phoenix (except for Snape) when they decide the best way to get Harry to manifest "the power the Dark Lord knows not" is to induce a Traumatic Superpower Awakening — i.e., torture and rape him for two years.
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