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deductive
[ dih-duhk-tiv ]
deductive
/ dɪˈdʌktɪv /
adjective
- of or relating to deduction
deductive reasoning
Confusables Note
Derived Forms
- deˈductively, adverb
Other Words From
- de·ductive·ly adverb
- nonde·ductive adjective
- nonde·ductive·ly adverb
- unde·ductive adjective
- unde·ductive·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of deductive1
Example Sentences
Instead of receiving science through set experiments with known outcomes, students should learn to apply deductive and inductive reasoning to weigh information before blindly accepting results.
A mathematician might point to a deductive argument, a scientist to experiments, and a lawyer to courtroom evidence and testimony.
“It’s mastered the style of being linguistically human, but it doesn’t have explicit programming to do exactly the things that computers have so far been very good at, which is very recipelike, deductive logic.”
But with their presence in men’s and women’s basketball, two of the most marketable and compensated sports, he said it takes merely “deductive reasoning” to know there is an impact.
I like Wordle, a fun game of letters and deductive reasoning, but I find myself really challenged trying to master different letters — I’m talking Medicare Part A, B, C, D, E, F ….
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