deduce

== English == === 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 infinitive of dūcō (“to conduct, guide, lead; to draw, pull; to consider, regard, think”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to lead; to draw, pull”)). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) (yod-coalescence) IPA(key): /dɪˈdʒuːs/ (non-yod-coalescence) IPA(key): /dɪˈdjuːs/ (General American) IPA(key): /dɪˈdus/, /də-/, (rarely) /-ˈdjus/ Rhymes: -uːs Hyphenation: de‧duce Homophone: dejuice (yod-coalescence) === Verb === deduce (third-person singular simple present deduces, present participle deducing, simple past and past participle deduced) (transitive) To reach (a conclusion) by applying rules of logic or other forms of reasoning to given premises or known facts. Synonyms: conclude, infer Antonym: induce (transitive, uncommon) To examine, explain, or record (something) in an orderly manner. (transitive, archaic) To obtain (something) from some source; to derive. (intransitive, archaic) To be derived or obtained from some source. (transitive, obsolete) To take away (something); to deduct, to subtract (something). (transitive, obsolete, based on the word’s Latin etymon) To lead (something) forth. ==== Usage notes ==== Regarding sense 1 (“to reach (a conclusion)”): For example, from the premises “all good people believe in the tooth fairy” and “Jimmy does not believe in the tooth fairy”, we deduce the conclusion “Jimmy is not a good person”. This particular form of deduction is called a syllogism. It is the nature of corollaries that they are usually deducible. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Alternative forms ==== diduce (obsolete) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === deductive reasoning on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === deuced, educed == Galician == === Verb === deduce inflection of deducir: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Italian == === Verb === deduce third-person singular present indicative of dedurre == Latin == === Verb === dēdūce second-person singular present active imperative of dēdūcō == Romanian == === Alternative forms === дедуче (deduce) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin deducere, French déduire, with conjugation based on duce. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /deˈdu.t͡ʃe/ Rhymes: -ut͡ʃe Hyphenation: de‧du‧ce === Verb === a deduce (third-person singular present deduce, past participle dedus, third-person subjunctive deducă) 3rd conjugation (transitive) to infer, deduce (to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “deduce”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026 == Spanish == === Verb === deduce inflection of deducir: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative