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déduire

to deduce

verb day-DWEER Rare
Mind & Emotions Mental States

Origin: Latin deducere, from de- + ducere (to lead)

Also means

to deduct

Usage Note

Déduire is an irregular verb conjugated like conduire: je déduis, nous déduisons, il a déduit. It covers both intellectual deduction (déduire une conclusion) and financial deduction (déduire une somme). The noun déduction is used in both senses as well.

Examples

"On peut en déduire qu'il avait raison."

Natural Translation

We can deduce from this that he was right.

Literal Translation

One can from it deduce that he was right.

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