deduce
pronunciation
How to pronounce deduce in British English:
UK [dɪˈdjuːs]
How to pronounce deduce in American English:
US [dɪˈduːs]
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- Verb:
- reason by deduction; establish by deduction
- conclude by reasoning; in logic
Word Origin
- deduce (v.)
- early 15c., from Latin deducere "lead down, derive" (in Medieval Latin, "infer logically"), from de- "down" (see de-) + ducere "to lead" (see duke (n.)). Originally literal; sense of "draw a conclusion from something already known" is first recorded 1520s, from Medieval Latin. Related: Deduced; deducing.
Antonym
Example
- 1. I learned a lot about how to compare personal experiences and deduce their relativity .
- 2. They have to deduce from the shape of each bone what the muscles were like .
- 3. Amerigo tried to describe the lands around his islands and deduce its proximity to asia .
- 4. Imagine trying to deduce this with the naked eye , a sextant and little else .
- 5. Then economists could gradually deduce the properties of this model , and businesses and individuals would naturally form expectations in that light .