Antonyms for deduce


Grammar : Verb
Spell : dih-doos, -dyoos
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈdus, -ˈdyus


Definition of deduce

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Latin deducere "lead down, derive" (in Medieval Latin, "infer logically"), from de- "down" (see de-) + ducere "to lead" (see duke (n.)). Originally literal; sense of "draw a conclusion from something already known" is first recorded 1520s, from Medieval Latin. Related: Deduced; deducing.
  • verb figure out, understand
Example sentences :
  • If you deduce a good Providence from the good things in nature, what do you make of the evil?
  • Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
  • I deduce that a lot of my sweetness has been wasted on the desert air.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 » by Various
  • It was not given to him to deduce from his splendid work the results to which they were destined to lead.
  • Extract from : « Great Astronomers » by R. S. Ball
  • Now, from this fact, the philosopher will at once deduce the climate of this region.
  • Extract from : « Old Mackinaw » by W. P. Strickland.
  • Or could you deduce from the existence of frontal horns that the animal ruminates?
  • Extract from : « Form and Function » by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
  • We deduce a conviction as to what we may best do when the case arises again.
  • Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
  • We can deduce all our maxims of conduct from the man himself as he is before us.
  • Extract from : « The English Utilitarians, Volume I. » by Leslie Stephen
  • From this it is not difficult to deduce both love and righteousness.
  • Extract from : « Holy in Christ » by Andrew Murray
  • From all that I deduce what seems to me the only possible motive.
  • Extract from : « The Mystery of the Green Ray » by William Le Queux
  • Vain, therefore, the effort to deduce it from a simple principle.
  • Extract from : « Creative Evolution » by Henri Bergson

Synonyms for deduce

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