deduction
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
deduction
- That which is deducted; that which is subtracted or removed
- A sum that can be removed from tax calculations; something that is written off
- You might want to donate the old junk and just take the deduction.
- (logic) A process of reasoning that moves from the general to the specific, in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the premises presented, so that the conclusion cannot be false if the premises are true.
- Antonyms: induction
- A conclusion; that which is deduced, concluded or figured out
- He arrived at the deduction that the butler didn't do it.
- The ability or skill to deduce or figure out; the power of reason
- Through his powers of deduction, he realized that the plan would never work.
- (that which is subtracted or removed) extract, reduction; See also Thesaurus:decrement
- French: déduction
- German: Abzug
- Italian: deduzione
- Portuguese: dedução
- Russian: вы́чет
- Spanish: deducción
- French: déduction
- Italian: deduzione, detrazione
- Portuguese: dedução
- Spanish: deducción
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