deduce

[ dih-doos, -dyoos ]

/ dɪˈdus, -ˈdyus /

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verb (used with object), de·duced, de·duc·ing.

to derive as a conclusion from something known or assumed; infer: From the evidence the detective deduced that the gardener had done it.

to trace the derivation of; trace the course of: to deduce one's lineage.

OTHER WORDS FOR deduce

1 conclude, reason, gather, determine.

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Origin of deduce

1520–30; <Latin dēdūcere to lead down, derive, equivalent to dē-de- + dūcere to lead, bring

OTHER WORDS FROM deduce

de·duc·i·ble, adjectivede·duc·i·bil·i·ty, de·duc·i·ble·ness, nounde·duc·i·bly, adverbnon·de·duc·i·ble, adjective

sub·de·duc·i·ble, adjectiveun·de·duced, adjectiveun·de·duc·i·ble, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH deduce

1. adduce, deduce , induce2. deduce , deduct3. deducible , deductible

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How to use deduce in a sentence

She figured it out by deducing that the woman with the camera must be with The Washington Post, and the man next to her, Matt Gontarchick, was her date.
Date Lab: It didn’t ‘take much to get us to start talking’|Prachi Gupta|November 19, 2020|Washington Post
The researchers deduced that two of the passengers on the flight must have acquired the virus with this particular genetic sequence in North America, then boarded a plane where they likely transmitted the virus to two flight attendants.
How risky is air travel in the pandemic? Here’s what the science says.|Brian Resnick|November 12, 2020|Vox
Having worked on the early stages of the Manhattan Project, Webb eventually deduced that the radiation came from Cerium-141, the byproduct of a nuclear fusion explosion.
What really happened during the ‘Kentucky meat shower’?|PopSci Staff|November 11, 2020|Popular-Science
Because the hole was the only thing inside space, the authors deduced that its entanglement entropy was rising.
The Most Famous Paradox in Physics Nears Its End|George Musser|October 29, 2020|Quanta Magazine

Because dinosaur eggs evolved independently, what researchers have deduced about parental care may represent just one lineage, Wiemann says.
Fossil discoveries suggest the earliest dinosaurs laid soft-shelled eggs|Jack J. Lee|June 24, 2020|Science News
Not only is it not deducible, but it is not even 165thinkable.
Is Life Worth Living?|William Hurrell Mallock
The eclipse happened at the time deducible from the tables constructed according to Newton's law, says he again.
The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science, Science and Method|Henri Poincar
Erroneous—that which does not directly contradict the faith, but some conclusion evidently deducible from the faith.
A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 4|Henry Charles Lea
We would by no means charge Dr. Youmans with all the consequences naturally deducible from such a statement.
Atlantic Monthly,Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864|Various
Here, then, could not exist that commingling of sects, which were deducible in all their varied extravagance from the Bible.
Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers|Charles Bradlaugh, A. Collins, and J. Watts

British Dictionary definitions for deduce

deduce

/ (dɪˈdjuːs) /

verb (tr)

(may take a clause as object) to reach (a conclusion about something) by reasoning; conclude (that); infer

archaic to trace the origin, course, or derivation of

Derived forms of deduce

deducible, adjectivededucibility or deducibleness, noun

Word Origin for deduce

C15: from Latin dēdūcere to lead away, derive, from de- + dūcere to lead

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