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deduction meaning
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[dɪˈdʌkʃən]
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Deduction
Deduction may refer to:
English modals of deduction, English modal verbs to state how sure somebody is about something.
Deduction (food stamps),
Noun
PL
deductions
PRE
dé-
SUF
-tion
That which is
deducted
; that which is
subtracted
or
removed
.
A
sum
that can be
removed
from
tax
calculations
;
something
that is
written
off.
You might want to donate the old junk and just take the
deduction
.
(
logic
) 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
.
A
conclusion
; that which is
deduced
,
concluded
or
figured out
.
He arrived at the
deduction
that the butler didn't do it.
The
ability
or
skill
to
deduce
or
figure out
; the
power
of
reason
.
Through his powers of
deduction
, he realized that the plan would never work.
Meaning of
deduction
for the defined word.
Grammatically, this word "deduction" is a
noun
, more specifically, a
countable noun
.
Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
Nouns
Countable nouns
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Definiteness: Level 7
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Definite ➨ Versatile
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