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deduce

/dɪˈdʒuːs/ UK
/dɪˈdjuːs/ UK
/dɪˈdus/ US
/də-/ US
/-ˈdjus/ US, rare

Sounds like dejuice (yod-coalescence) · Rhymes with -uːs

Where it comes from

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”)).

verb deduces · deducing · deduced · deduce

transitive To reach (a conclusion) by applying rules of logic or other forms of reasoning to given premises or known facts. [T]he puritan buyldeth directly vpon the proteſtants firſt groundes in religion, & deduceth therof clearly and by ordinary conſequence al his concluſions, which the proteſtant cannot deny by divinity, but only by pollicy & humane ordination, or by turning to catholique anſwers contrary to ther owne
Similar: conclude, infer · Opposite: induce
transitive, uncommon To examine, explain, or record (something) in an orderly manner. Pye[d-mantle]. […] Sir, I haue drawne / A Pedigree for her Grace, though yet a Nouice / In that ſo noble ſtudy. […] I haue deduc'd her.— […]
archaic, transitive To obtain (something) from some source; to derive. O Goddeſs, ſay, ſhall I deduce my rhimes / From the dire nation in its early times, / Europa’s rape, Agenor’s ſtern decree, / And Cadmus ſearching round the ſpacious ſea?
archaic, intransitive To be derived or obtained from some source. [B]y the ſtatute 7 Ann. c. 21 […] it is enacted, that, after the death of the pretender, and his ſons, no attainder for treaſon ſhall extend to the diſinheriting any heir, nor the prejudice of any perſon, other than the offender himſelf: which proviſions have indeed carried the remedy farther, than
obsolete, transitive To take away (something); to deduct, to subtract (something). to deduce a part from the whole
obsolete, transitive, based on the word’s Latin etymon To lead (something) forth. Richard of the Vies will that Penda, K[ing] of Mereland, firſt deduced a colony of Cambridge men hither and cals it Crekelade, as other Kirklade with variety of names: […]

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: infer, derive, deduct, imply, assume, claim, offset, gather, conclude, subtract, relieve, distract, asaf, reason, extrapolate, surmise

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verb to reach (a conclusion) by applying rules of logic or other forms of reasoning

Español	deducir
日本語	推論する suiron suru
中文	演繹 /演绎 yǎnyì, 推理 tuīlǐ, 推斷 /推断 tuīduàn
Português	deduzir
Français	déduire
Deutsch	folgern, ableiten, herleiten, deduzieren
Italiano	dedurre
Română	deduce
Русский	де́лать вы́вод délatʹ vývod, сде́лать вы́вод sdélatʹ vývod
Tiếng Việt	suy đoán, suy lý
العربية	إِسْتَنْتَجَ ʔistantaja

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@misc{deduce_2026,
  title = {deduce},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/deduce},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}