deduce from

Frequency: 8.015.6 per million words

to use a piece of information or evidence as the basis for a deduction

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Examples (10)

  • We deduced from his absences that he was not happy at college.
  • The detective was able to deduce the killer's identity from the single clue left at the scene.
  • Scientists can deduce a lot about a star's composition from the light it emits.
  • What can you deduce from these financial reports?
  • By analyzing the fossil record, we are deducing new information from ancient evidence.
  • She deduced from his tone of voice that he was not telling the whole truth.
  • It is often possible to deduce the meaning of a word from its context.
  • The committee will try to deduce the most likely outcome from the available data.
  • I could deduce from her smile that the news was good.
  • The challenge for the historian is to deduce what actually happened from biased historical accounts.