Deduce

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To reach (a conclusion) by reasoning.
  • v. To infer from a general principle; reason deductively: deduced from the laws of physics that the new airplane would fly.
  • v. To trace the origin or derivation of.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To reach a conclusion by applying rules of logic to given premises.
  • v. To take away; to deduct; to subtract.
  • v. To lead forth.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To lead forth.
  • v. To take away; to deduct; to subtract.
  • v. To derive or draw; to derive by logical process; to obtain or arrive at as the result of reasoning; to gather, as a truth or opinion, from what precedes or from premises; to infer; -- with from or out of.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To lead forth or away; conduct.
  • To trace the course of; describe from first to last.
  • To draw; derive; trace.
  • To derive or conclude as a result of a known principle; draw as a necessary conclusion; infer from what is known or believed. See deduction, and deductive reasoning, under deductive.
  • To bring before a court of justice for decision.
  • To deduct.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. conclude by reasoning; in logic
  • v. reason by deduction; establish by deduction
  • Verb Form
    deduced    deduces    deducing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    conclude    reason    reason out   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    deduct    subtract    infer    derive    conclude   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bruce    Chartreuse    Duce    Luce    Seuss    Spruce    Zeus    abstruse    abuse    boose