DEDUCT
Dictionary entry overview: What does deduct mean?
• DEDUCT (verb)
The verb DEDUCT has 3 senses:
1. make a subtraction
2. retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments
3. reason by deduction; establish by deduction
Familiarity information: DEDUCT used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• DEDUCT (verb)
Meaning:
Make a subtraction
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
subtract; deduct; take off
Hypernyms (to "deduct" is one way to...):
calculate; cipher; compute; cypher; figure; reckon; work out (make a mathematical calculation or computation)
Domain category:
arithmetic (the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
deduct; withhold; recoup
Context example:
My employer is withholding taxes
Hypernyms (to "deduct" is one way to...):
hold on; keep (retain possession of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deduct"):
dock (deduct from someone's wages)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Sentence example:
They deduct the money
Meaning:
Reason by deduction; establish by deduction
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
deduce; derive; infer; deduct
Hypernyms (to "deduct" 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 "deduct"):
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
