deduces
Reasons to conclusion
Deduces is the third-person singular of deduce, meaning to arrive at a conclusion through reasoning or evidence.
Someone deduces facts by working through available information: She deduces from his muddy shoes that he walked through the garden.
The word implies logical inference rather than guessing—piecing together what must be true from what is known.
Derives by reasoning
- concludesBrings to an end
- reasonsBases for conclusions
- derivesObtains from a source
- extractsRemoves or concentrated essences
figures out · works out · pieces together · surmises · gathers · determines · ascertains · discerns
Professional crime investigator
- sleuthPrivate investigator
- SherlockIconic Victorian-era investigator
- cluesHints toward answers
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
mystery · case · investigation · forensic · crime · solve · uncover · trace
Foundation for logical argument
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- syllogismFormal deductive argument structure
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
- axiomSelf-evident starting principle
theorem · proof · corollary · hypothesis · proposition · postulate · logic · reasoning
Testable proposed explanation
- dataFacts for analysis
- observationAttentive watching or remark
- experimentSystematic investigation procedure
- analysisMethodical study of parts
findings · results · correlation · variables · methodology · empirical · research · theory
infers
Derives by reasoning
extracts · figures out · works out · pieces together · surmises · gathers · determines · ascertains · discerns · gleans
detective
Professional crime investigator
evidence · mystery · case · investigation · forensic · crime · solve · uncover · trace · track
premise
Foundation for logical argument
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- syllogismFormal deductive argument structure
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
axiom · theorem · proof · corollary · hypothesis · proposition · postulate · logic · reasoning · argumentation
hypothesis
Testable proposed explanation
- dataFacts for analysis
- observationAttentive watching or remark
- experimentSystematic investigation procedure
analysis · findings · results · correlation · variables · methodology · empirical · research · theory · model
deducesguesses
Estimates without certainty
assumes · presumes · conjectures · supposes · speculates
deduceswonders
Causes of awe
misconstrues · speculates · doubts · hypothesizes · questions
deducesinduces
Causes to occur
posits · infers · postulates · generalizes · asserts
- tax deductionPermitted income reduction
- charitable deductionTax reduction for donations
- payroll deductionSum subtracted from wages
- logical deductionDeriving conclusions from premises
- deductive reasoningDeriving specifics from generalities
- home office deductionTax break for workspace
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