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How to spell deduction

Deduction is spelled D-E-D-U-C-T-I-O-N.

What it means: An inference or conclusion drawn from evidence.

In a sentence: The detective made a clever deduction to solve the mystery. ▶

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Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.

Same family: deduct, deducted, deducting, deductible, reduction. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Deduction” comes from Latin “deductio,” from “deducere,” meaning ‘to lead down or away.’ Over time, it developed two common senses in English: taking money away (financial deduction) and ‘leading down’ from ideas to a conclusion (logical deduction).

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