deduction

See also déduction

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /dɪˈdʌkʃən/, /dɪˈdʊkʃən/
• (US) IPA: /dɪˈdʌkʃən/, X-SAMPA: /dI"dVkS@n/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ʌkʃən

Noun

deduction (plural deductions)

1. That which is deducted; that which is subtracted or removed
2. 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.

3. A conclusion; that which is deduced, concluded or figured out

   He arrived at the deduction that the butler didn't do it.

4. 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.

5. (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.
6. A conclusion reached by this process

Translations

that which is deducted; that which is subtracted or removed

• Bulgarian: отбив (bg) m (otbiv), удържане (bg) n (udǎržane)
• Finnish: vähennys (fi)
• French: déduction (fr) f
• Italian: deduzione (it) f

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fradrag (nb) n

  Nynorsk: frådrag (nn) n

a sum that can be removed from tax calculations; something that is written off

• Dutch: aftrek (nl), inhouding (nl)
• Finnish: vähennys (fi)
• French: déduction (fr) f
• Italian: deduzione (it) f, detrazione (it)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fradrag (nb) n

  Nynorsk: frådrag (nn) n

• Swedish: avdrag (sv) n

a conclusion; that which is deduced, concluded or figured out

• Bulgarian: умозаключение (bg) n (umozaključenie)
• Dutch: conclusie (nl)
• Finnish: päätelmä (fi)
• French: déduction (fr) f
• Greek: συμπέρασμα (el) (sympérasma)

• Italian: deduzione (it) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: (literally) konklusjon (no) m

• Swedish: slutsats (sv) c

the ability or skill to deduce or figure out; the power of reason

• Bulgarian: дедукция (bg) f (dedukcija)
• Dutch: afleiding (nl)
• Finnish: päättely (fi)

• French: déduction (fr) f
• Italian: deduzione (it) f
• Swedish: härledning (sv) c, slutledning (sv) c, deduktion (sv) c

a process of reasoning

• Bulgarian: размишление (bg) n (razmišlenie)
• Czech: dedukce (cs) f
• Dutch: afleiding (nl)
• Finnish: deduktio (fi)
• French: déduction (fr)
• Greek: απαγωγή (el) f (apagogí)

• Italian: deduzione (it) f
• Khmer: អនុមានញែក (km) (a’nu’maan ɲɛɛk)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: deduksjon (nb) m

  Nynorsk: deduksjon (nn) m