induct

Other forms of induct

past tense

inducted·

present participle

inducting·

third person

inducts·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about induct

What does induct mean?

induct means "place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in induct?

induct has 2 syllables: in-duct. The stress falls on "duct". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈdʌkt/.

What is another word for induct?

Close synonyms include invest, seat, initiate, induce. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is induct a common word?

induct is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with induct?

4 words rhyme with induct. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.