déduire — meaning in English
French → English · translate English → French instead
English meaning
- abate verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
- deduce verb To work out a conclusion through logical reasoning based on known facts or evidence.
- deduct verb To subtract or take away an amount from a total.
- derive verb To get or obtain something from a particular source.
- elicit verb To draw out a response, reaction, or piece of information from someone, often through careful questioning.
- gather verb To bring separate things or people together in one place.
- guess verb To form an answer or opinion without being sure it's correct.
- infer verb To work out or conclude something based on evidence or reasoning, rather than being told directly.
Senses
déduire is used for these senses in English:
- abate Chiefly followed by from, of, etc.: to omit or remove (a part from a whole); to deduct, to subtract. [15th–19th c.]
- deduce (transitive) To reach (a conclusion) by applying rules of logic or other forms of reasoning to given premises or known facts.
- deduct To take one thing from another; remove from; make smaller or less by some amount.
- derive (transitive, logic) To deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning.
- elicit To use logic to arrive at truth; to derive by reason.
- gather To infer or conclude; to know from a different source.
- guess To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.
- infer (transitive) To introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence. [from 16th c.]
abate — full definition
- verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
- verb (law) To cancel or bring a legal matter to an end.