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Dictionary: e·duce   (ĭ-dūs', ĭ-dyūs') pronunciation
 
tr.v., e·duced, e·duc·ing, e·duc·es.
  1. To draw or bring out; elicit. See synonyms at evoke.
  2. To assume or work out from given facts; deduce.

[Middle English educen, to direct the flow of, from Latin ēdūcere : ē-, ex-, ex- + dūcere, to lead.]

educible e·duc'i·ble adj.
eduction e·duc'tion (ĭ-dŭk'shən) n.
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verb

  1. To call forth or bring out (something latent, hidden, or unexpressed): draw (out), elicit, evoke, summon. See show/hide.
  2. To arrive at through reasoning: derive, evolve, excogitate. See reason/unreason.

 
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IN BRIEF: To draw forth or bring out; to arrive at through reasoning.

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
  Synonyms: evoke, elicit, extract, draw out

Meaning #2: develop or evolve, esp. from a latent or potential state
  Synonym: derive


 
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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - få frem, udlede, slutte sig til

Nederlands (Dutch)
afleiden, aan het licht brengen

Français (French)
v. tr. - mettre à jour, dégager, faire sortir

Deutsch (German)
v. - entlocken, hervorrufen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - εκβάλλω, εξάγω, βγάζω, συνάγω, συμπεραίνω, τεκμαίρομαι

Italiano (Italian)
trarre, dedurre

Português (Portuguese)
v. - extrair, desenvolver

Русский (Russian)
выявлять, развивать, делать вывод, выделять

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - educir, sacar, extraer, deducir

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - dra ut, få fram, härleda

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
引出, 推断, 取出, 演绎

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 引出, 推斷, 取出, 演繹

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 끌어내다, 추출하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 引き出す, 推断する, 抽出する, 推論する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يستنتج‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הוציא, פיתח, הסיק‬


 
 

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