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DEDUCTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)
Example:
he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks
Synonyms:
deduction; subtraction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("deduction" is a kind of...):
decrease; diminution; reduction; step-down (the act of decreasing or reducing something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deduction"):
bite (a portion removed from the whole)
withholding (the act of deducting from an employee's salary)
Derivation:
deduct (make a subtraction)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of reducing the selling price of merchandise
Synonyms:
deduction; discount; price reduction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("deduction" is a kind of...):
decrease; diminution; reduction; step-down (the act of decreasing or reducing something)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
Synonyms:
deduction; deductive reasoning; synthesis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("deduction" is a kind of...):
abstract thought; logical thinking; reasoning (thinking that is coherent and logical)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deduction"):
syllogism (deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises)
Derivation:
deduce (reason by deduction; establish by deduction)
deduce (conclude by reasoning; in logic)
deduct (reason by deduction; establish by deduction)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
Example:
his resignation had political implications
Synonyms:
deduction; entailment; implication
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("deduction" is a kind of...):
illation; inference (the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation)
Sense 5
Meaning:
An amount or percentage deducted
Synonyms:
deduction; discount
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("deduction" is a kind of...):
adjustment; allowance (an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deduction"):
trade discount (a discount from the list price of a commodity allowed by a manufacturer or wholesaler to a merchant)
Sense 6
Meaning:
A reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket
Synonyms:
deduction; tax deduction; tax write-off
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("deduction" is a kind of...):
write-down; write-off ((accounting) reduction in the book value of an asset)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deduction"):
tax benefit; tax break (a tax deduction that is granted in order to encourage a particular type of commercial activity)
business deduction (tax write-off for expenses of doing business)
exemption (a deduction allowed to a taxpayer because of his status (having certain dependents or being blind or being over 65 etc.))
Context examples:
At last the fat man seemed to weary of it, for he set to work quietly upon his meal, while his opponent, as proud as the rooster who is left unchallenged upon the midden, crowed away in a last long burst of quotation and deduction.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“There is nothing in which deduction is so necessary as in religion,” said he, leaning with his back against the shutters.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
You may forget about a legal deduction you can take advantage of but in haste forget about.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
I could not help laughing at the ease with which he explained his process of deduction.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I glanced at the hastily clad clergyman, with the formally dressed lodger seated beside him, and was amused at the surprise which Holmes’s simple deduction had brought to their faces.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The household at the Abbey Grange were much surprised at our return, but Sherlock Holmes, finding that Stanley Hopkins had gone off to report to headquarters, took possession of the dining-room, locked the door upon the inside, and devoted himself for two hours to one of those minute and laborious investigations which form the solid basis on which his brilliant edifices of deduction were reared.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A real injury to the children—a most mortifying change, and material loss to them all;—a very great deduction from her father's daily comfort—and, as to herself, she could not at all endure the idea of Jane Fairfax at Donwell Abbey.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
I said that he was my superior in observation and deduction.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
If you give yourself time to do your taxes, chances are you will remember legal deductions you are qualified to take, so it’s wise not to rush this process.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
“I am afraid, Holmes, that you are not very practical with your deductions and your inferences. You have made two blunders in as many minutes. This dress does implicate Miss Flora Millar.”
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
