deduction meaning
EN[dɪˈdʌkʃən] [dɪˈdʊkʃən] [-ʌkʃən]US
WDeduction
- Deduction may refer to:
- English modals of deduction, English modal verbs to state how sure somebody is about something.
- Deduction (food stamps), (in the USA) used to calculate a household’s monthly food stamp benefit goods
FR déduction
- NounPLdeductionsPREdé-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.
- That which is deducted; that which is subtracted or removed.
Definition of deduction in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary