different between induce vs propose

English

Etymology

From Middle English enducen, borrowed from Latin ind?cere, present active infinitive of ind?c? (“lead in, bring in, introduce”), from in + d?c? (“lead, conduct”). Compare also abduce, adduce, conduce, deduce, produce, reduce etc. Doublet of endue.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?du?s/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?dju?s/
• Rhymes: -u?s

Verb

induce (third-person singular simple present induces, present participle inducing, simple past and past participle induced)

1. (transitive) To lead by persuasion or influence; incite or prevail upon.
2. (transitive) To cause, bring about, lead to.
3. (physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process of induction.
4. (transitive, logic) To infer by induction.
5. (transitive, obsolete) To lead in, bring in, introduce.
6. (transitive, obsolete) To draw on, place upon. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Synonyms

• (lead by persuasion or influence): entice, inveigle, put someone up to something
• (to cause): bring about, instigate, prompt, stimulate, trigger, provoke

Antonyms

• (logic): deduce

Related terms

Translations

References

• induce in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• “induce”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000

Anagrams

• uniced

Italian

Verb

induce

1. third-person singular indicative present of indurre

Latin

Verb

ind?ce

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ind?c?

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ind?cere, present active infinitive of ind?c?, with senses based off French induire.

Verb

a induce (third-person singular present induce, past participle indus) 3rd conj.

1. to induce, incite, cause or push to do something

Conjugation

Synonyms

• împinge, îndemna

Related terms

• duce

Spanish

Verb

induce

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of inducir.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of inducir.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of inducir.

English

Etymology

From Middle English proposen, from Anglo-Norman proposer (verb), propos (noun), Middle French proposer (verb) , propos (noun), from Latin pr?p?n?, pr?p?n?re, with conjugation altered based on poser. Doublet of propound.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p???p??z/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /p???po?z/
• Rhymes: -??z

Verb

propose (third-person singular simple present proposes, present participle proposing, simple past and past participle proposed)

1. (transitive) To suggest a plan, course of action, etc.

   Synonyms: put forth, suggest, (rare) forthput

   • 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     President Moon Jae-in proposed the plan this week during a meeting with government officials, his spokesman said.

2. (intransitive, sometimes followed by to) To ask for a person's hand in marriage.

3. (transitive) To intend.
   • 1859, John Gorham Palfrey, History of New England, Preface (Google preview):

     I propose to relate, in several volumes, the history of the people of New England.
4. (obsolete) To talk; to converse.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 3 Scene 1:

     HERO. Good Margaret, run thee to the parlour;

     There shalt thou find my cousin Beatrice

     Proposing with the prince and Claudio

5. (obsolete) To set forth.
   • 1616, George Chapman (translator), Homer's Iliad, book 11:

     . . . so weighty was the cup,

     That being propos'd brimful of wine, one scarce could lift it up.

Usage notes

• In use 1, this is sometimes a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing).
• In use 3, this is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive.
• For more information, see Appendix:English catenative verbs
• Compared to to suggest, to propose is more deliberate and definite. To suggest is merely to mention, while to propose is to have a definite plan and intention.

Derived terms

• proposal
• proposement

Related terms

• proponent
• proposition

Translations

Noun

propose (plural proposes)

1. (obsolete) An objective or aim.

Anagrams

• opposer, poopers

French

Verb

propose

1. inflection of proposer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• opposer

Italian

Verb

propose

1. third-person indicative past historic of proporre

Anagrams

• propeso