🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

deducción

Pronunciation / Transliteration: deducción

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Deduction/dɪˈdʌkʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Hizo una deducción brillante a partir de las pistas."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The action of subtracting something, or the amount that is subtracted.

    "Tax deductions can significantly lower your overall taxable income."
  2. 2

    The inference of particular instances by reference to a general law or principle.

    "Through a process of careful deduction, the detective solved the mystery."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Late Middle English: from Latin deductio(n-), from deducere 'lead down, derive' (see deduce).

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