Word: deduction
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: de
duc
tion
Definition: 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.
Morphemes:
Affix: deduct
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To take one thing from another; remove from; make smaller by some amount.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: deductus
Language: la
Decoded: deductus
PoS: Participle
Meaning: led or escorted away
Affix: -ion
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: an action or process, or the result of an action or process
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -iō
Language: la
Decoded: -io
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form abstract nouns from verbs.