DEDUCE
Dictionary entry overview: What does deduce mean?
• DEDUCE (verb)
The verb DEDUCE has 2 senses:
1. reason by deduction; establish by deduction
2. conclude by reasoning; in logic
Familiarity information: DEDUCE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DEDUCE (verb)
Meaning:
Reason by deduction; establish by deduction
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
deduce; derive; infer; deduct
Hypernyms (to "deduce" is one way to...):
conclude; reason; reason out (decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion)
Domain category:
logic; logical system; system of logic (a system of reasoning)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deduce"):
extrapolate (gain knowledge of (an area not known or experienced) by extrapolating)
carry back (deduct a loss or an unused credit from taxable income for a prior period)
surmise (infer from incomplete evidence)
elicit (derive by reason)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Conclude by reasoning; in logic
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
deduce; infer
Hypernyms (to "deduce" is one way to...):
conclude; reason; reason out (decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
