deduction
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: business
finance
human-sciences
law
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
Etymology: From Middle French déduction, from Latin deductio.
Equivalent to deduct + -ion or deduce + -tion.
Base: deduct
Affixes: -ion
Inflected forms:
form: deductions
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: That which is deducted; that which is subtracted or removed.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Near-synonyms: extract, reduction; see also Thesaurus:decrement
gloss: That which is deducted; that which is subtracted or removed.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: standard deduction
You might want to donate the old junk and just take the deduction.
gloss: That which is deducted; that which is subtracted or removed.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 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".
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Through his powers of deduction, he realized that the plan would never work.
Related words: tax-deductible
Derived words: deduction theorem
natural deduction
neutral deduction
nondeduction
social deduction
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: отбив
roman: otbiv
lang: Bulgarian
word: удържане
roman: udǎržane
lang: Catalan
word: deducció
lang: Finnish
word: vähennys
lang: French
word: déduction
lang: Galician
word: dedución
lang: German
word: Abzug
lang: Greek
word: αφαίρεση
roman: afaíresi
lang: Greek
word: παρακράτηση
roman: parakrátisi
lang: Hindi
word: कटौती
roman: kaṭautī
lang: Italian
word: deduzione
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: fradrag
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: frådrag
lang: Portuguese
word: dedução
lang: Russian
word: вы́чет
roman: výčet
lang: Russian
word: удержа́ние
roman: uderžánije
lang: Spanish
word: deducción
lang: Arabic
word: اِسْتِنْتَاج
roman: istintāj
lang: Armenian
word: դեդուկցիա
roman: dedukcʻia
lang: Armenian
word: արտածում
roman: artacum
lang: Bulgarian
word: размишление
roman: razmišlenie
lang: Catalan
word: deducció
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 演繹 /演绎
roman: yǎnyì
lang: Czech
word: dedukce
lang: Danish
word: deduktion
lang: Dutch
word: afleiding
lang: Finnish
word: deduktio
lang: Finnish
word: päättely
lang: French
word: déduction
lang: German
word: Ableitung
lang: German
word: Herleitung
lang: Greek
word: παραγωγή
roman: paragogí
lang: Greek
word: παραγωγικός λογισμός
roman: paragogikós logismós
lang: Indonesian
word: deduksi
lang: Italian
word: deduzione
lang: Khmer
word: អនុមានញែក
roman: a’nu’maan ɲɛɛk
lang: Malay
word: deduksi
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: deduksjon
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: deduksjon
lang: Polish
word: dedukcja
lang: Portuguese
word: dedução
lang: Russian
word: размышле́ние
roman: razmyšlénije
lang: Russian
word: деду́кция
roman: dedúkcija
lang: Spanish
word: deducción
lang: Tagalog
word: panaklawan
lang: Turkish
word: tümdengelim, talil