Meaning

1 senses
  1. To draw towards a center or a middle line.

    Coordinate term: circumduct

    The therapist explained how certain muscles adduct the leg toward the body.

    draw a limb towards the body

Origin

Borrowed from Latin adductus, past participle of adduco. See adduce.

Borrowed from Latin adductus, past participle of adduco. See adduce.

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Forms

adducts, adducting, adducted, adducted
Base formadduct · to adduct
3rd person singularadducts
Present participleadducting
Past simpleadducted
Past participleadducted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyadduct
he, she, itadducts

Past simpleLesson

all personsadducted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave adducted
he, she, ithas adducted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill adduct

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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