Vocabulary

Induce

English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.

English meaning
succeed in persuading or leading (someone) to do something.
Urdu meaning
قائل کرنا، مائل کرنا، آمادہ کرنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)

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  1. The other way of asking this is what can a government do to induce a certain modicum of certainty?
    Dawn Editorials — Why investors fear Pakistan — 2025-11-14
  2. This narrative is a calculated attempt to induce paranoia and force a strategic fissure.
    Dawn Editorials — The unbreakable bond — 2025-10-31
  3. Therefore, in today`s highly competitive world, in which global trade is anchored in supply chains, protecting the domestic industry will not only make us uncompetitive globally, it can also induce a reciprocal retaliation.
    Dawn Editorials — Industrial policy a relic — 2025-09-12
  4. The economic crises arise as our predatory rulers induce fickle growth via high twin deficits.
    Dawn Editorials — Impending crises — 2025-09-02
  5. following the failure of Sir Owen Dixon to induce Bharat to ...
    Dawn Editorials — Seventy-five years ago Partition suggestion — 2025-08-27
Synonyms
persuade, convince, prevail upon, get, make, prompt, move, inspire, instigate

Antonyms
dissuade
Curator example
“the pickets induced many workers to stay away”

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