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de·duce
 deduce
- pronunciation:
- dih
dus
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
deduced, deduces, deducing |
| definition 1: |
to draw (a conclusion) by reasoning from given information or general principles.
From the stale air and the rotting food in the refrigerator, the detective deduced that no one had been living in the apartment for some time.
- antonyms:
- induce
- similar words:
- conclude, deduct, derive, determine, draw, infer
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| definition 2: |
to trace the derivation or origin of.
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| related words: |
derive, estimate, gather, penetrate, surmise |
| derivations: |
deducible (adj.), deducibly (adv.), deducibility (n.) |
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