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deduce verb [ dɪˈdjuːs ]

• arrive at (a fact or a conclusion) by reasoning; draw as a logical conclusion.
• "little can be safely deduced from these figures"
Similar: conclude, come to the conclusion, reason, work out, gather, infer, draw the inference, extrapolate, glean, divine, intuit, come to understand, understand, assume, presume, conjecture, surmise, reckon, dare say, figure, suss out,
• trace the course or derivation of.
• "he cannot deduce his descent wholly by heirs male"
Origin: late Middle English (in the sense ‘lead or convey’): from Latin deducere, from de- ‘down’ + ducere ‘lead’.


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