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Deduce

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inferverb(transitive) To introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence.
deriveverb(transitive) To obtain or receive (something) from something else.
deductverbTo take one thing from another; remove from; make smaller or less by some amount.

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inferverb(transitive) To introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence.
deriveverb(transitive) To obtain or receive (something) from something else.
deductverbTo take one thing from another; remove from; make smaller or less by some amount.
implyverb(transitive, of a proposition) To have as a necessary consequence; to lead to (something) as a consequence.
assumeverbTo authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof.
claimverbTo demand ownership of.
offsetverb(transitive) To counteract or compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction.
gatherverbTo collect normally separate things.
concludeverb(transitive) To bring to an end; to close; to finish.
subtractverb(transitive, arithmetic) To remove or reduce; especially to reduce a quantity or number.
relieveverb(transitive) To ease (a person, person's thoughts etc.) from mental distress; to stop (someone) feeling anxious or worried, to alleviate the distress of.
distractverb(transitive) To divert the attention of.
asafnounA male given name from Hebrew.
reasonnoun(uncountable) Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
extrapolateverb(transitive) To infer by extending known information.
surmiseverb(intransitive) To imagine or suspect; to conjecture; to posit with contestable premises.
ascertainverb(transitive) To find out definitely; to discover or establish.
reckonverb(colloquial) To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an objective clause
figurenounA drawing or diagram conveying information.
understandverb(transitive, intransitive, of communication or means of communication: words, statements, signs, etc.) To know the meaning of; to parse or have parsed correctly; to comprehend.

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