How do you pronounce adduce?

The recorded pronunciation is /əˈd(j)uːs/.

Where does adduce come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

adduce

/əˈd(j)uːs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.68 in modern English

Syllables: ad-duce
IPA: /əˈd(j)uːs/

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Meaning

verb

To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case.

Transitive verb

verb

To produce as proof.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: (all sometimes synonymous) advance, allege, assign, aver, cite, instance, mention, name, point out, plead, present, put forward, quote, urge"
"Reasons […] were adduced on both sides."
"Enough could not be adduced to satisfy the purpose of illustration."
"For I am well aware that scarcely a single point is discussed in this volume on which facts cannot be adduced, […]"
"But he adduces many recent facts, such as the overhead wiring in 1959 for electric working of the ex-S.E.R. Angerstein's Wharf branch."
"Both the rise and fall of the Stalinist regimes can be adduced against the Manifesto: the former, because what came into being was so inimical to human liberation, the latter because whether one supported or opposed it, it failed."

Etymology

From Middle English adducen, from Latin addūcere, adductum (“to lead or bring to”), from ad- + dūcere (“to lead”). See duke, and compare adduct.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: *dewk-, adducen, addūcō

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /əˈd(j)uːs/
British English: /əˈdjuːs/

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

adduces (present, singular) adducing (participle, present) adduced (participle, past) adduced (past)

Derived Forms

adduceable adducement adducer adducible readduce

Synonyms

advance allege assign aver cite instance mention name point out plead present put forward

Rhymes With

use time-use jesus produce reduce ill-use abuse excuse loose introduce juice bruce