deduce

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: de=duce

OXFORD DICTIONARY

deduce, v.tr.
1 (often foll. by from) infer; draw as a logical conclusion.
2 archaic trace the course or derivation of.

Derivative

deducible adj.

Etymology

L deducere (as DE-, ducere duct- lead)

THESAURUS

deduce

analyze, apply reason, arouse, assume, be afraid, believe, bring forth, bring out, bring to light, call forth, call out, call up, cogitate, collect, conceive, conclude, consider, daresay, deduct, deem, derive, divine, drag out, draw, draw a conclusion, draw an inference, draw forth, draw out, dream, educe, elicit, evoke, expect, extract, fancy, feel, fetch, find, gather, generalize, get from, get out of, glean, grant, hypothesize, imagine, induce, infer, intellectualize, judge, let, let be, logicalize, logicize, make, make out, obtain, opine, philosophize, prefigure, presume, presuppose, presurmise, procure, provide a rationale, provisionally accept, rationalize, read into, reason, reason that, reckon, regard, repute, rouse, say, secure, stimulate, summon forth, summon up, suppose, surmise, suspect, syllogize, synthesize, take, take as proved, take for, take for granted, take it, take to be, take to mean, theorize, think, understand, use reason, wangle, wangle out of, winkle out, work out, worm out, worm out of

ROGET THESAURUS

deduce

Subtraction

VB subduct, subtract, deduct, deduce, bate, retrench, remove, withdraw, take from, take away, detract, garble, mutilate, amputate, detruncate, cut off, cut away, cut out, abscind, excise, pare, thin, prune, decimate, abrade, scrape, file, geld, castrate, eliminate, diminish, curtail, deprive of, weaken.

Judgment

VB judge, conclude, come to a conclusion, draw a conclusion, arrive at a conclusion, ascertain, determine, make up one's mind, deduce, derive, gather, collect, draw an inference, make a deduction, weet, ween, form an estimate, estimate, appreciate, value, count, assess, rate, rank, account, regard, consider, think of, look upon, review, size up, settle, pass an opinion, give an opinion, decide, try, pronounce, rule, pass judgment, pass sentence, sentence, doom, find, give judgment, deliver judgment, adjudge, adjudicate, arbitrate, award, report, bring in a verdict, make absolute, set a question at rest, confirm, comment, criticize, kibitz, pass under review, investigate, hold the scales, sit in judgment, try judgment, hear a cause.