Deduce
1deduce — DEDÚCE, dedúc, vb. III. tranz. A deriva, a desprinde o judecată particulară din alta generală sau un fapt din altul; a trage o concluzie, pe calea deducţiei, din două sau mai multe premise. – Din lat. deducere. cf. (pt. sens) fr. d é d u i r e.… …
2Deduce — De*duce , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deduced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deducing}.] [L. deducere; de + ducere to lead, draw. See {Duke}, and cf. {Deduct}.] 1. To lead forth. [A Latinism] [1913 Webster] He should hither deduce a colony. Selden. [1913 Webster] 2 …
3deduce — I verb apply reason, arrive at a conclusion, ascertain, assume, calculate, come to a conclusion, conclude, conjecture, consider probable, construe, deduct, deem, derive, determine, divine, draw a conclusion, educe, extract, gather, guess, infer,… …
4deduce — (v.) early 15c., from L. deducere lead down, derive (in M.L. infer logically ), from de down (see DE (Cf. de )) + ducere to lead (see DUKE (Cf. duke) (n.)). Originally literal; sense of draw a conclusion from something already known is first… …
5deduce — *infer, gather, conclude, judge Analogous words: reason, cogitate, *think, speculate …
6deduce — [v] figure out, understand add up, analyze, assume, be afraid, boil down, cogitate, collect, conceive, conclude, consider, deduct, deem, derive, draw, fancy, figure, gather, glean, have a hunch*, imagine, infer, judge, make, make out, presume,… …
7deduce — ► VERB ▪ arrive at (a fact or a conclusion) by reasoning. DERIVATIVES deducible adjective. ORIGIN Latin deducere to take or lead away …
8deduce — [dē do͞os′, dēdyo͞os′, dido͞os′, dē do͞os′] vt. deduced, deducing [ME deducen < L deducere, to lead down, bring away < de , down + ducere, to lead: see DUCT] 1. to trace the course or derivation of 2. to infer by logical reasoning; reason… …
9deduce — 01. It is important to learn a process which will help you to [deduce] the meaning of new vocabulary from context. 02. The detectives were able to [deduce] valuable information about the killer through careful examination of the murder scene. 03 …
10deduce — v. 1) (D; tr.) to deduce from (what can we deduce from these figures?) 2) (L) on the basis of the evidence we deduced that he was guilty 3) (Q) the police were able to deduce where the fugitive was hiding * * * [dɪ djuːs] (0) the police were able …
