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induction

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of induction

1 the process or an instance of being formally placed in an office or organization
  • The formal induction will be tomorrow, but the college president has already started work.
Synonyms of induction

baptism, inaugural, inauguration, initiation, installation, installment (also instalment), investiture, investment
Words Related to induction

enlistment, enrollment (also enrolment)

promotion
Near Antonyms of induction

discharge, removal
2 an opinion arrived at through a process of reasoning
  • the scientist's induction that magnetism was likely the cause of the phenomenon
Synonyms of induction

conclusion, consequence, deduction, determination, eduction, inference
Words Related to induction

decision, deliverance, diagnosis, judgment (or judgement), resolution, ruling, verdict

conjecture, guess, surmise

assumption, presumption, supposition

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