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deduction

English

Etymology

From Middle French déduction, from Latin deductio

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /d??d?k??n/, /d??d?k??n/
  • (US) IPA(key): /d??d?k??n/
  • Rhymes: -?k??n

Noun

deduction (countable and uncountable, 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. (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.
    Antonym: induction
  4. A conclusion; that which is deduced, concluded or figured out
    He arrived at the deduction that the butler didn't do it.
  5. 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.

Synonyms

  • (that which is subtracted or removed): extract, reduction; See also Thesaurus:decrement

Translations

deduction From the web:

  • what deductions can i claim
  • what deductions can i claim for 2020
  • what deductions are required by law
  • what deductions can i claim in addition to standard deduction
  • what deductions are taken out of a paycheck
  • what deductions can you itemize
  • what deduction should i claim
  • what deductions are included in agi

illation

English

Etymology

From Latin ill?ti? (“logical inference, deduction, conclusion”), from ill?tus, perfect passive participle of infer? (“carry or bring into somewhere; conclude”), from in + fer? (“bear, carry; suffer”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /??le??(?)n/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /??le??(?)n/
  • Homophone: elation (General American)

Noun

illation (countable and uncountable, plural illations)

  1. The act of inferring or concluding, especially from a set of premises; a conclusion, a deduction.
    • 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.2:
      Now herein there seems to be a very erroneous Illation: from the Indulgence of God unto Cain, concluding an immunity unto himself […]
    • 1690, John Locke, An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding:
      it so orders the intermediate Ideas, as to discover what Connection there is in each Link of the Chain, whereby the Extreams are held together; and thereby, as it were, to draw into View the Truth sought for, which is what we call Illation or Inference […]
    • 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!:
      Adriaan moved to Pierce’s American illation whereby an if begets a therefore, event by event, the javelin’s flight issuing from the web of contingencies in which we may locate the javelin and the javelineer […]

Related terms

  • illative

Translations

illation From the web:

  • what does elation mean
  • what does collation mean in english
  • what does illation
  • what is illusion in art
  • what does the word elation mean
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