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| Main Entry: | deduct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take away or out; reduce |
| Synonyms: | abstract, allow, cut back, diminish, discount, dock, draw back, knock off, lessen, rebate, reduce, remove, subtract, take, take off, withdraw, write off, bate, decrease by, roll back, take from |
| Notes: | deduce means to conclude by reasoning or in logic; adduce means to cite as proof or evidence; deduct means to take away from or subtract from another |
| Antonyms: | add, increase, raise |
| Main Entry: | deduce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | figure out, understand |
| Synonyms: | analyze, assume, cogitate, collect, conceive, conclude, consider, deduct, deem, derive, draw, fancy, figure, gather, glean, imagine, infer, judge, make, make out, presume, presuppose, reason, regard, surmise, add up, be afraid, boil down, have a hunch, ratiocinate, read into, take to mean |
| Main Entry: | downsize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | to decrease in size, especially of a workforce |
| Synonyms: | curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, decrease, deduct, diminish, phase out, reduce, retrench, shrink, step down, trim, phase down, roll back, roll down, scale back, scale down, trim away, tune down |
| Main Entry: | draw back |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | retract from position |
| Synonyms: | deduct, discount, recede, recoil, retreat, sheathe, shrink, subtract, withdraw, pull back, reel in, start back, take away |
| Antonyms: | forge, start, go forward |
| Main Entry: | judge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make decision from evidence; deduce |
| Synonyms: | act on, adjudge, adjudicate, appraise, appreciate, approximate, arbitrate, arrive, ascertain, assess, check, collect, conclude, condemn, consider, criticize, decide, decree, deduct, derive, determine, discern, distinguish, doom, draw, esteem, estimate, evaluate, examine, find, gather, make, make out, mediate, place, put, rate, reckon, referee, resolve, review, rule, sentence, settle, sit, suppose, test, try, umpire, value, give a hearing, pass sentence, pronounce sentence, size up |
| Main Entry: | subtract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take away |
| Synonyms: | decrease, deduct, detract, diminish, discount, draw back, knock off, remove, take, take off, withdraw, withhold, take from, take out |
| Antonyms: | add |
| Main Entry: | withhold |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep back |
| Synonyms: | abstain, bridle, check, clam up, conceal, constrain, curb, deduct, deny, detain, disallow, dummy up, hide, hold, hold back, hold down, hold out, hold out on, inhibit, keep, keep secret, keep to oneself, keep under one's hat, keep under wraps, kill, refrain, refuse, repress, reserve, resist, restrain, retain, sit on, spike, stop oneself, suppress |
| Antonyms: | let go, release |
| Main Entry: | discount |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lower, reduce cost |
| Synonyms: | abate, allow, deduct, depreciate, diminish, knock off*, modify, rebate, redeem, remove, subtract, take off, hold a sale, make allowance for, mark down, sell at discount, strike off, take away, undersell |
| Antonyms: | increase, raise, mark up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reason |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mentally analyze |
| Synonyms: | adduce, cogitate, conclude, contemplate, decide, deduce, deduct, deliberate, examine, gather, generalize, infer, make out, philosophize, rationalize, reflect, resolve, solve, speculate, study, suppose, think, work out, cerebrate, draw conclusion, draw from, figure out, ratiocinate, syllogize, think through, thresh out |
| Main Entry: | make out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | understand |
| Synonyms: | accept, catch, collect, compass, comprehend, conclude, decipher, deduce, deduct, derive, dig, fathom, follow, gather, grasp, infer, judge, perceive, realize, recognize, see, take in, work out |
| Antonyms: | misunderstand, misconceive |
| Main Entry: | allow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set aside |
| Synonyms: | allocate, allot, apportion, assign, deduct, give, grant, lot, mete, provide, remit, spare, admeasure |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep |
| Main Entry: | make |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | estimate, infer |
| Synonyms: | calculate, collect, conclude, deduce, deduct, derive, draw, figure, gather, gauge, judge, reckon, suppose, think, dope out |
| Antonyms: | calculate, measure |
| Main Entry: | take |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | subtract |
| Synonyms: | deduct, discount, draw back, eliminate, knock off, remove, take off, take away, take out |
| Antonyms: | add |
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