Deduce
verb
To figure something out from clues or known facts.
From the footprints, the detective could deduce that the thief was very tall.
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- deduce from
- deduce that
verb
To reach a decision or conclusion by reasoning.
The researchers were able to deduce the origin of the species through DNA sequencing.
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- deduce from
- deduce the existence
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Academic
verb
To make a logical conclusion.
By using the given theorems and axioms, the mathematician managed to deduce the solution to the problem.
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- deduce the result
- deduce the solution
Usage tips
Academic
verb
To figure something out from clues or known facts.
From the footprints, the detective could deduce that the thief was very tall.
Often appears as...
- deduce from
- deduce that
verb
To reach a decision or conclusion by reasoning.
The researchers were able to deduce the origin of the species through DNA sequencing.
Often appears as...
- deduce from
- deduce the existence
Usage tips
Academic
verb
To make a logical conclusion.
By using the given theorems and axioms, the mathematician managed to deduce the solution to the problem.
Often appears as...
- deduce the result
- deduce the solution
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Clue Analysis
Used when analyzing hints to form a logical conclusion, typically in a problem-solving scenario.
I could deduce that she was upset from her short replies.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Guesswork
Implies a thoughtful conclusion based on evidence, not just a random guess.
He didn't just guess; he deduced the answer from the evidence.
Pro Tip 3/3Everyday Use
Can also be used in casual contexts, not just formally or officially.
Can you deduce what I bought from the change left over?
Pro Tip 1/3Clue Analysis
Used when analyzing hints to form a logical conclusion, typically in a problem-solving scenario.
I could deduce that she was upset from her short replies.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Guesswork
Implies a thoughtful conclusion based on evidence, not just a random guess.
He didn't just guess; he deduced the answer from the evidence.
Pro Tip 3/3Everyday Use
Can also be used in casual contexts, not just formally or officially.
Can you deduce what I bought from the change left over?
Pro Tip 1/3Clue Analysis
Used when analyzing hints to form a logical conclusion, typically in a problem-solving scenario.
I could deduce that she was upset from her short replies.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Guesswork
Implies a thoughtful conclusion based on evidence, not just a random guess.
He didn't just guess; he deduced the answer from the evidence.
Pro Tip 3/3Everyday Use
Can also be used in casual contexts, not just formally or officially.
Can you deduce what I bought from the change left over?
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Patricia Burchat:...
it could be an eye; it could be a telescope. And suppose there's a galaxy out here in the universe. How do we see that galaxy? A ray of light leaves the galaxy and travels through the universe for perhaps billions of years before it enters the telescope or your eye. Now, how do we deduce where the galaxy is?
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Testing the Mona Lisa PIPE...
curators who organized the testing the models seem to be enveloped by a transparent gauze like veil I could observe that there was girls on the left arm that will also goes on the right arm and the mother seems to be totally enveloped in the transparent goes so I deduced that the model was totally
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Ancient Rome’s most...
By applying pressure to different parts of the brain, he could link various regions to specific functions. Other experiments allowed him to distinguish sensory from motor nerves, establish that urine was made in the kidneys, and deduce that respiration was controlled by muscles and nerves.
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Shedding light on dark...
could be an eye could be a telescope and suppose there's a galaxy out here in the universe how do we see that galaxy a ray of light leaves the galaxy and travels through the universe for perhaps billions of years before it enters the telescope or your eye now how do we deduce where the
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Naomi Oreskes: Why we...
and that this method guarantees the truth of their claims. The method that most of us were taught in school, we can call it the textbook method, is the hypothetical deductive method. According to the standard model, the textbook model, scientists develop hypotheses, they deduce
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Can you solve the demon...
deduce their own mask color. But even before the first bell, everyone will realize something critical. Let’s imagine a single logician with a silver mask. When she looks around, she’d see multiple colors, but no silver.
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Why our IQ levels are...
and he found that these people were resistant to classifying the concrete world. They wanted to break it up into little bits that they could use. He found that they were resistant to deducing the hypothetical,
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Can you solve the...
So what meaning can be assigned to those words that will allow everyone else to deduce their hat colors? It can't be the total number of black or white hats. There are more than two possible values,
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There may be extraterrest...
Astrobiologists think this hidden ocean could harbor life. Thanks to the Galileo probe, we can deduce that its potential salt content is similar to that of some lakes on Earth.
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The Intense 8 Hour Hunt...
He deduces the direction in which it must have fled. It's close by.
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Patricia Burchat:...
it could be an eye; it could be a telescope. And suppose there's a galaxy out here in the universe. How do we see that galaxy? A ray of light leaves the galaxy and travels through the universe for perhaps billions of years before it enters the telescope or your eye. Now, how do we deduce where the galaxy is?
Video examples
Testing the Mona Lisa PIPE...
curators who organized the testing the models seem to be enveloped by a transparent gauze like veil I could observe that there was girls on the left arm that will also goes on the right arm and the mother seems to be totally enveloped in the transparent goes so I deduced that the model was totally
Video examples
Ancient Rome’s most...
By applying pressure to different parts of the brain, he could link various regions to specific functions. Other experiments allowed him to distinguish sensory from motor nerves, establish that urine was made in the kidneys, and deduce that respiration was controlled by muscles and nerves.
Video examples
Shedding light on dark...
could be an eye could be a telescope and suppose there's a galaxy out here in the universe how do we see that galaxy a ray of light leaves the galaxy and travels through the universe for perhaps billions of years before it enters the telescope or your eye now how do we deduce where the
Video examples
Naomi Oreskes: Why we...
and that this method guarantees the truth of their claims. The method that most of us were taught in school, we can call it the textbook method, is the hypothetical deductive method. According to the standard model, the textbook model, scientists develop hypotheses, they deduce
Video examples
Can you solve the demon...
deduce their own mask color. But even before the first bell, everyone will realize something critical. Let’s imagine a single logician with a silver mask. When she looks around, she’d see multiple colors, but no silver.
Video examples
Why our IQ levels are...
and he found that these people were resistant to classifying the concrete world. They wanted to break it up into little bits that they could use. He found that they were resistant to deducing the hypothetical,
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Can you solve the...
So what meaning can be assigned to those words that will allow everyone else to deduce their hat colors? It can't be the total number of black or white hats. There are more than two possible values,
Video examples
There may be extraterrest...
Astrobiologists think this hidden ocean could harbor life. Thanks to the Galileo probe, we can deduce that its potential salt content is similar to that of some lakes on Earth.
Video examples
The Intense 8 Hour Hunt...
He deduces the direction in which it must have fled. It's close by.
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Garrett Hardin
American Environmentalist
Moreover, the practical recommendations deduced from ecological principles threaten the vested interests of commerce; it is hardly surprising that the financial and political power created by these investments should be used sometimes to suppress environmental impact studies.
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Frances Wright
Scottish Writer
Our religious belief usurps the place of our sensations, our imaginations of our judgment. We no longer look to actions, trace their consequences, and then deduce the rule; we first make the rule, and then, right or wrong, force the action to square with it.
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Arthur Conan Doyle
British Writer
The ideal reasoner, he remarked, would, when he had once been shown a single fact in all its bearings, deduce from it not only all the chain of events which led up to it but also all the results which would follow from it.
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Julian Barbour
British Scientist
My ideas about time all developed from the realization that if nothing were to change we could not say that time passes. Change is primary, time, if it exists at all, is something we deduce from it.
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Jeremy Scott
American Designer
I've taken a look back at my body of work and tried to deduce an essence, capturing aspects that reoccur. Reflecting on your own product can be difficult yet enthralling.
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Francis Crick
English Scientist
A comparison between the triplets tentatively deduced by these methods with the changes in amino acid sequence produced by mutation shows a fair measure of agreement.
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Helmut Kohl
German Politician
If one has no compass, when one doesn't know where one stands and where one wants to go, one can deduce that one has no leadership or interest in shaping events.
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Priyamvada Natarajan
Indian Scientist
The geometry, the content, and the fate of the universe are all intricately linked. If you know two, you can deduce the third.
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Isaac Newton
English Mathematician
The proper method for inquiring after the properties of things is to deduce them from experiments.
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Kamal Haasan
Indian Actor
The creation of God itself, I deduced, came from our primal fear.
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Garrett Hardin
American Environmentalist
Moreover, the practical recommendations deduced from ecological principles threaten the vested interests of commerce; it is hardly surprising that the financial and political power created by these investments should be used sometimes to suppress environmental impact studies.
Quote examples
Frances Wright
Scottish Writer
Our religious belief usurps the place of our sensations, our imaginations of our judgment. We no longer look to actions, trace their consequences, and then deduce the rule; we first make the rule, and then, right or wrong, force the action to square with it.
Quote examples
Arthur Conan Doyle
British Writer
The ideal reasoner, he remarked, would, when he had once been shown a single fact in all its bearings, deduce from it not only all the chain of events which led up to it but also all the results which would follow from it.
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Julian Barbour
British Scientist
My ideas about time all developed from the realization that if nothing were to change we could not say that time passes. Change is primary, time, if it exists at all, is something we deduce from it.
Quote examples
Jeremy Scott
American Designer
I've taken a look back at my body of work and tried to deduce an essence, capturing aspects that reoccur. Reflecting on your own product can be difficult yet enthralling.
Quote examples
Francis Crick
English Scientist
A comparison between the triplets tentatively deduced by these methods with the changes in amino acid sequence produced by mutation shows a fair measure of agreement.
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Helmut Kohl
German Politician
If one has no compass, when one doesn't know where one stands and where one wants to go, one can deduce that one has no leadership or interest in shaping events.
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Priyamvada Natarajan
Indian Scientist
The geometry, the content, and the fate of the universe are all intricately linked. If you know two, you can deduce the third.
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Isaac Newton
English Mathematician
The proper method for inquiring after the properties of things is to deduce them from experiments.
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Kamal Haasan
Indian Actor
The creation of God itself, I deduced, came from our primal fear.
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