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deduce

Pronunciation: /dɪˈdʒuːs/

The English word “deduce” has 6 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To reach (a conclusion) by applying rules of logic or other forms of reasoning to given premises or known facts.
  2. To examine, explain, or record (something) in an orderly manner.
  3. To obtain (something) from some source; to derive.
  4. To be derived or obtained from some source.
  5. To take away (something); to deduct, to subtract (something).
  6. To lead (something) forth.

Etymology

From Late Middle English deducen (“to demonstrate, prove, show; to argue, infer; to bring, lead; to turn (something) to a use; to deduct”), borrowed from Latin dēdūcere, the present active infinitive of dēdūcō (“to lead or bring out or away; to accompany, conduct, escort; (figuratively) to derive, discover, deduce”); from dē- (prefix meaning ‘from, away from’) + dūcere (the present active…

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