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Dictionary: de·duce   (dĭ-dūs', -dyūs') pronunciation
tr.v., -duced, -duc·ing, -duc·es.
  1. To reach (a conclusion) by reasoning.
  2. To infer from a general principle; reason deductively: deduced from the laws of physics that the new airplane would fly.
  3. To trace the origin or derivation of.

[Middle English deducen, from Latin dēdūcere, to lead away or down : dē-, de- + dūcere, to lead.]

deducible de·duc'i·ble adj.

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verb

    To arrive at (a conclusion) from evidence or reasoning: conclude, deduct, draw, gather, infer, judge, understand. See reason/unreason.

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: To derive or draw as a conclusion by reasoning from given premises or principles.

pronunciation Based on evidence presented at the trial, the jury was able to deduce that the accused was innocent.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - slutte, deducere, spore oprindelse af

Nederlands (Dutch)
(logisch) afleiden

Français (French)
v. tr. - déduire, inférer, conclure (de, que)

Deutsch (German)
v. - ableiten

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - συνάγω, συμπεραίνω

Italiano (Italian)
dedurre

Português (Portuguese)
v. - deduzir

Русский (Russian)
сделать вывод

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - deducir

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - sluta sig till, dra slutsatsen

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
推论, 演绎出

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 推論, 演繹出

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 근원을 더듬어 가다, 추론하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 推論する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يستدل على حقائق او نظريه بواسطه التفكير أو مبدأ عام, يستنتج‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הסיק (מסקנה)‬


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