0 to introduce someone formally or with a special ceremony to an organization or group, or to beliefs or ideas: --
Li Xiannian was inducted into the Politburo in 1956.
1 to introduce someone formally or with a special ceremony to an organization or group: --
She was inducted into the army.
2 to introduce someone formally or with a special ceremony into a place of work, organization or group: --
induct sb into sth The photograph shows her being inducted into the Police Department.
induct sb as sth He was inducted as the university's chancellor on June 8th.
Last weekend, the group inducted 600 more members at another ceremony.
No one is to be tried by court-martial unless he has been inducted for training and service.
He is rather like the mayor who, on being inducted into office, said that he would be neither partial nor impartial.
The right thing, to my mind, is to induct children and not to indoctrinate them.
If further evolutions are necessary, they could be inducted.
This finding has clear implications for teachers in inducting their students into new modes of learning and helping them acquire usable collaborative strategies and develop productive learning relationships.
Area co-ordinators induct the volunteers, pair the volunteers and users, and make the introductions.
Instead, they are inducted in initiation rites.
New members were inducted on the basis of demonstrated ideological correctness and leadership skills.
