"deduction" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪˈdʌkʃən/ [UK], /dɪˈdʊkʃən/ [UK], /dɪˈdʌkʃən/ [US], /diˈdʌkʃən/ [US] Audio: en-us-deduction.ogg Forms: deductions [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌkʃən Etymology: From Middle French déduction, from Latin deductio. Equivalent to deduct + -ion or deduce + -tion. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|déduction}} Middle French déduction, {{uder|en|la|deductio}} Latin deductio, {{suf|en|deduct|ion}} deduct + -ion, {{suf|en|deduce|tion|}} deduce + -tion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} deduction (countable and uncountable, plural deductions)
  1. That which is deducted; that which is subtracted or removed
    A sum that can be removed from tax calculations; something that is written off
    Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (sum that can be removed from tax calculations): deducció [feminine] (Catalan), fradrag [neuter] (Danish), skattefradrag [neuter] (Danish), aftrek (Dutch), inhouding (Dutch), vähennys (Finnish), verovähennys (Finnish), déduction [feminine] (French), Werbungskosten [feminine, plural] (German), deduzione [feminine] (Italian), detrazione (Italian), fradrag [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), frådrag [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), dedução [feminine] (Portuguese), deducción (Spanish), avdrag [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-deduction-en-noun-XsvrG7~e Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -tion, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 27 31 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -tion: 24 20 25 31 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 20 26 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 24 29 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 21 26 28 Disambiguation of 'sum that can be removed from tax calculations': 77 12 6 5
  2. That which is deducted; that which is subtracted or removed
    (law, finance) A sum withheld from an employee's pay for the purpose of paying tax.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Finance, Law Translations (sum withheld from pay for the purpose of paying tax): verovähennys (Finnish), précompte [masculine] (French), Quellensteuerabzug [masculine] (German), odliczenie [neuter] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-deduction-en-noun-ToeznGpo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -tion, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 27 31 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -tion: 24 20 25 31 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 20 26 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 24 29 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 21 26 28 Topics: business, finance, law Disambiguation of 'sum withheld from pay for the purpose of paying tax': 19 63 12 6
  3. (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
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Logic Translations (conclusion): اِسْتِنْتَاج (istintāj) [masculine] (Arabic), умозаключение (umozaključenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), konklusion [common-gender] (Danish), conclusie (Dutch), päätelmä (Finnish), johtopäätös (Finnish), déduction [feminine] (French), Schlussfolgerung [feminine] (German), συμπέρασμα (sympérasma) (Greek), következtetés (Hungarian), deduzione [feminine] (Italian), konklusjon [literally, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), dedução [feminine] (Portuguese), умозаключе́ние (umozaključénije) [neuter] (Russian), заключе́ние (zaključénije) [neuter] (Russian), вы́вод (vývod) [masculine] (Russian), slutsats [common-gender] (Swedish)
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  4. (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.
    The ability or skill to deduce or figure out; the power of reason
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Logic Translations (ability or skill to deduce): дедукция (dedukcija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), afleiding (Dutch), päättelykyky (Finnish), déduction [feminine] (French), deduzione [feminine] (Italian), деду́кция (dedúkcija) [feminine] (Russian), härledning [common-gender] (Swedish), slutledning [common-gender] (Swedish), deduktion [common-gender] (Swedish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: reduction, decrement Synonyms (that which is subtracted or removed): extract Derived forms: deduction theorem, natural deduction, nondeduction Translations (process of reasoning): اِسْتِنْتَاج (istintāj) [masculine] (Arabic), դեդուկցիա (dedukcʻia) (Armenian), արտածում (artacum) (Armenian), размишление (razmišlenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), deducció [feminine] (Catalan), dedukce [feminine] (Czech), deduktion [common-gender] (Danish), afleiding (Dutch), deduktio (Finnish), päättely (Finnish), déduction (French), Ableitung [feminine] (German), Herleitung [feminine] (German), παραγωγή (paragogí) [feminine] (Greek), παραγωγικός λογισμός (paragogikós logismós) [masculine] (Greek), deduksi (Indonesian), deduzione [feminine] (Italian), អនុមានញែក (a’nu’maan ɲɛɛk) (Khmer), deduksi (Malay), deduksjon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), deduksjon [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), dedukcja [feminine] (Polish), dedução [feminine] (Portuguese), размышле́ние (razmyšlénije) [neuter] (Russian), деду́кция (dedúkcija) [feminine] (Russian), deducción [feminine] (Spanish), panaklawan (Tagalog), tümdengelim, talil (Turkish) Translations (that which is subtracted or removed): отбив (otbiv) [masculine] (Bulgarian), удържане (udǎržane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), deducció [feminine] (Catalan), vähennys (Finnish), déduction [feminine] (French), dedución [feminine] (Galician), Abzug [masculine] (German), αφαίρεση (afaíresi) [feminine] (Greek), παρακράτηση (parakrátisi) [feminine] (Greek), deduzione [feminine] (Italian), fradrag [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), frådrag [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), dedução [feminine] (Portuguese), вы́чет (výčet) [masculine] (Russian), удержа́ние (uderžánije) [neuter] (Russian), deducción [feminine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'that which is subtracted or removed': 46 46 5 3 Disambiguation of 'process of reasoning': 2 1 48 48 Disambiguation of 'that which is subtracted or removed': 46 46 5 3

Inflected forms

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          "text": "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\".",
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      "word": "deduksjon"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "process of reasoning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dedukcja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "process of reasoning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dedução"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razmyšlénije",
      "sense": "process of reasoning",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "размышле́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dedúkcija",
      "sense": "process of reasoning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "деду́кция"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "process of reasoning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "deducción"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "process of reasoning",
      "word": "panaklawan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "process of reasoning",
      "word": "tümdengelim, talil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "istintāj",
      "sense": "conclusion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "اِسْتِنْتَاج"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "umozaključenie",
      "sense": "conclusion",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "умозаключение"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "conclusion",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "konklusion"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "conclusion",
      "word": "conclusie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "conclusion",
      "word": "päätelmä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "conclusion",
      "word": "johtopäätös"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "conclusion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "déduction"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "conclusion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schlussfolgerung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sympérasma",
      "sense": "conclusion",
      "word": "συμπέρασμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "conclusion",
      "word": "következtetés"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "conclusion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "deduzione"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "conclusion",
      "tags": [
        "literally",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "konklusjon"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "conclusion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dedução"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "umozaključénije",
      "sense": "conclusion",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "умозаключе́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaključénije",
      "sense": "conclusion",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "заключе́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vývod",
      "sense": "conclusion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вы́вод"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "conclusion",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "slutsats"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dedukcija",
      "sense": "ability or skill to deduce",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дедукция"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "ability or skill to deduce",
      "word": "afleiding"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ability or skill to deduce",
      "word": "päättelykyky"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "ability or skill to deduce",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "déduction"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "ability or skill to deduce",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "deduzione"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dedúkcija",
      "sense": "ability or skill to deduce",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "деду́кция"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ability or skill to deduce",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "härledning"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ability or skill to deduce",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "slutledning"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ability or skill to deduce",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "deduktion"
    }
  ],
  "word": "deduction"
}

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