deduce
Verb
Verb Forms: deduced, deducing, deduces
- To infer or conclude from available evidence.
- reason by deduction; establish by deduction
- conclude by reasoning; in logic
- To reach (a conclusion) by applying rules of logic or other forms of reasoning to given premises or known facts.
- To examine, explain, or record (something) in an orderly manner.
- To obtain (something) from some source; to derive.
- To be derived or obtained from some source.
- To take away (something); to deduct, to subtract (something).
- To lead (something) forth.
Examples
- From the opponent’s previous moves, he could deduce their strategy in Scrabble.
- to deduce a part from the whole
Origin / Etymology
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”)).
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 10
deduce: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddeduce: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
deduce: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary