deduce / a deduction

When you deduce something, it means you work out the answer by logic. This means you have to think carefully about the problem and consider the facts carefully. The detective, Sherlock Holmes, was famous for his powers of deduction.

It’s possible to deduce from the data a definite correlation between health and social class.

A careful process of deduction eventually led the police to the killer.

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