Deduction
[dɪ'dʌkʃ(ə)n] or [dɪ'dʌkʃən]
Definition
(noun.) reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect).
(noun.) something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); 'his resignation had political implications'.
(noun.) an amount or percentage deducted.
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Definition
(n.) Act or process of deducing or inferring.
(n.) Act of deducting or taking away; subtraction; as, the deduction of the subtrahend from the minuend.
(n.) That which is deduced or drawn from premises by a process of reasoning; an inference; a conclusion.
(n.) That which is deducted; the part taken away; abatement; as, a deduction from the yearly rent.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Subtraction, retrenchment, withdrawal, removal.[2]. Abatement, allowance, defalcation, reduction, discount.[3]. Inference, conclusion, consequence, corollary.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Conclusion, inference, abatement
ANT:[See CONCLUSION]
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Examples
- For the value which remained after this small deduction was made, it gave a credit in its books. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Whatever we want to do is hallowed and justified, if it can be made to appear as a deduction from that sentence. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- His rent makes the first deduction from the produce of the labour which is employed upon land. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- This profit makes a second deduction from the produce of the labour which is employed upon land. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- You may not be aware that the deduction of a man's age from his writing is one which been has brought to considerable accuracy by experts. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- There is nothing in which deduction is so necessary as in religion, said he, leaning with his back against the shutters. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I could not help laughing at the ease with which he explained his process of deduction. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Emma could not deplore her future absence as any deduction from her own enjoyment. Jane Austen. Emma.
- But I thought you said-- I said that he was my superior in observation and deduction. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The produce of almost all other labour is liable to the like deduction of profit. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Notwithstanding the late hour, he turns over to the next page and goes on to write his deductions from this result as compared with those previously obtained. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- You see, Watson, our little deductions have suddenly assumed a much more important and less innocent aspect. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Hence it has been argued that no deductions can be drawn from domestic races to species in a state of nature. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Surely my deductions are simplicity itself, said he. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- There were twenty-three other deductions which would be of more interest to experts than to you. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The little that was left in the world, when all these deductions were made, it was Mrs General's province to varnish. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Maybe the Poet Lariat ain't satisfied with them deductions? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- His next step proved conclusively the correctness of his old deductions. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- At this point I agreed with you that it was preposterous, and was glad to find that all my deductions had been correct. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I am afraid, Holmes, that you are not very practical with your deductions and your inferences. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- It was a simple story which he had to tell, and one which did but confirm our own deductions. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- We have got to the deductions and the inferences, said Lestrade, winking at me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- At times he substituted stuffed birds for the metal planes, on the action of which under air pressure his scientific deductions were based. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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