Deduce
[dɪ'djuːs] or [dɪ'dʊs]
Definition
(verb.) reason by deduction; establish by deduction.
(verb.) conclude by reasoning; in logic.
Typed by Edwina--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To lead forth.
(v. t.) To take away; to deduct; to subtract; as, to deduce a part from the whole.
(v. t.) 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.
Edited by Kitty
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Derive, conclude, infer.
Checker: Natalia
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Draw, Infer, conclude, gather
ANT:State, premise, hazard, conjecture, guess, induce, anticipate, foresee,predict, induct
Typist: Shelley
Definition
v.t. to draw from: to infer a truth or opinion from what precedes or from premises.—ns. Deduce′ment what is deduced; Deducibil′ity the quality of being deducible.—adj. Deduc′ible that may be deduced or inferred.—v.t. Deduct′ to take from: to separate: to subtract.—adj. Deduct′ible.—n. Deduc′tion (1) the act of deducing: that which is deduced: the drawing of a particular truth from a general antecedently known as distinguished from Induction rising from particular truths to a general; (2) the act of deducting: that which is deducted: abatement.—adj. Deduct′ive that is or that may be deduced from premises or accepted principles.—adv. Deduct′ively.
Editor: Seth
Examples
- How do you deduce that? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- For example, how did you deduce that this man was intellectual? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- It is true that I had a country walk on Thursday and came home in a dreadful mess, but as I have changed my clothes I can't imagine how you deduce it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- It would have been a coup-de-maitre had he deduced what I would deduce and acted accordingly. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- What do you deduce from that? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The followers, the epigones, may accept the reasons of Rousseau and Marx and deduce rules of action from them. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- What do you deduce from it? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- These are the more patent facts which are to be deduced from his hat. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Such a meaning would be arbitrary and could not be deduced in any way. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Now let us consider the situation and see what may be deduced from it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The tip had been cut off, not bitten off, but the cut was not a clean one, so I deduced a blunt pen-knife. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- It would have been a coup-de-maitre had he deduced what I would deduce and acted accordingly. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- You deduced it, then? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Of what nature were the conclusions deduced from this scrutiny? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- You explain this circumstance by entering into the state of her mind, and deducing from it a metaphysical conclusion. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I had no difficulty in deducing from your unreserved conversation, and the rumour openly going about among your admirers, the nature of your calling. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
Typist: Rudy