deduction
/dɪˈdʌkʃən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.46 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
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.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonyms: extract, reduction; see also Thesaurus:decrement"
- "standard deduction"
- "You might want to donate the old junk and just take the deduction."
- "He arrived at the deduction that the butler didn't do it."
- "An unkinder deduction, considering only the Select Committee's report and discounting rumours of wayward conclusions by the Stedeford Group, would be that if one inquisition doesn't produce the desired answers, the Minister's policy is "try, try again"—or should one say "fight, fight, fight again"."
- "Through his powers of deduction, he realized that the plan would never work."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /dɪˈdʌkʃən/
- British English: /dɪˈdʌkʃən/