form an opinion from a solid basis of fact, as in: From the size of these shoeprints, I deduce the intruder was wearing large shoes (You thought I was going to say had large feet, didn't you?)
Deduce implies that candidates are not expected to produce the required answer by recall but by making a logical connection between other pieces of information Such information may be wholly given in the question or may depend on answers extracted in an earlier part of the question
To derive or draw; to derive by logical process; to obtain or arrive at as the result of reasoning; to gather, as a truth or opinion, from what precedes or from premises; to infer; with from or out of
If you deduce something or deduce that something is true, you reach that conclusion because of other things that you know to be true. Alison had cleverly deduced that I was the author of the letter The date of the document can be deduced from references to the Civil War She hoped he hadn't deduced the reason for her visit. to use the knowledge and information you have in order to understand something or form an opinion about it deduce that (deducere , from ducere )