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- pronunciation:
- dih
dus
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
deduces, deducing, deduced |
| 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 |
adverb + (v.)deduce
cleverly, correctly, easily, immediately, merely, quickly
(v.)deduce
+ adverb
relatively, rightly, therefore
(v.)deduce
+ noun
atom,
cause,
characteristic,
composition,
concentration,
cycle,
distance,
element,
existence,
fact,
galaxy,
gravity,
logic,
mass,
motion,
nature,
nebula,
observation,
orbit,
passage,
planet,
presence,
principle,
property,
reading,
sequence,
structure,
tactic,
temperature,
tonic,
trend,
truth,
universe
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| derivations: |
deducible (adj.), deducibly (adv.), deducibility (n.) |
The word deduce
contains the following part:
duc, duct
Latin
root
that means lead; draw along
  Example words:
abduct, adduce, aqueduct, conduce, conducive, conduct, deduce, deduct, duce, duct, ductile, educate, educe, induce, induct, introduce, oviduct, produce, reduce, seduce, traduce, viaduct
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