deduce

CEFRC1

/dɪˈdʒuːs/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To reach an answer by using facts and reasoning.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To examine, explain, or record (something) in an orderly manner.

Examples

  • Sherlock Holmes could deduce much out of the smallest details.

  • We began to see what we can deduce from it.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • /-ˈdjus/
  • /də-/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To obtain (something) from some source; to derive.

  2. To reach (a conclusion) by applying rules of logic or other forms of reasoning to given premises or known facts.

  3. To be derived or obtained from some source.

More examples

In context

  • to deduce a part from the whole

  • [T]hoſe principles or firſt poſitions, have no diſcordance with that reaſon, which draweth downe and diduceth the inferiour poſitions.

  • From the comparative weight or lightneſs of the Air at different times, he deduceth alſo the riſing and falling of Vapours in it.

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Origin

verb

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”)).