English Explanatory Dictionary

deduce

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To reach (a conclusion) by applying rules of logic or other forms of reasoning to given premises or known facts.
To examine, explain, or record (something) in an orderly manner.
To obtain (something) from some source; to derive.
To be derived or obtained from some source.
To take away (something); to deduct, to subtract (something).
To lead (something) forth.

Pronunciation

/dɪˈdʒuːs/ /dɪˈdjuːs/ /dɪˈdus/ /də-/ /-ˈdjus/ En-us-deduce.ogg

Word forms

deduce deduces deducing deduced no-table-tags glossary deducest deducedst deduceth diduce

Etymology

From Late Middle English deducen (“to demonstrate, prove, show; to argue, infer; to bring, lead; to turn (something) to a use; to deduct”), borrowed from Latin dēdūcere, the present active infinitive of dēdūcō (“to lead or bring out or away; to accompany, conduct, escort; (figuratively) to derive, discover, deduce”); from dē- (prefix meaning ‘from, away from’) + dūcere (the present active infinitive of dūcō (“to conduct, guide, lead; to draw, pull; to consider, regard, think”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to lead; to draw, pull”)).

Synonyms

conclude infer

Antonyms

induce

Related words

adduce adduction conducive conduct conduction deducible deduct deductible deduction deductional deductive deductively deductivism deductory duke induce introduce introduction reduce reduction seduce subduce subduct subduction transduce transduction

Derived words

deducement deducibility deducible deducing deducive nondeducible undeduced undeducible

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