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verb · transitive · rare

educe

e·duce

educe · educes · educed · educing

To infer or deduce from existing data or premisesTo infer or deduce (a result, theory etc.) from existing data or premises.

UK/ɪˈdjuːs/US/ɪˈduːs/

Meaning

5 senses

(transitive)To infer or deduce (a result, theory etc.) from existing data or premises.
(transitive)To draw out or bring forth from some basic or potential state; to elicit, to develop.
develop or evolve from a latent or potential state
(transitive)To isolate (a substance) from a compound; to extract.
(transitive)To cause or generate; to bring about.
(archaic, transitive)To direct the course of (a flow, journey etc.); to lead in a particular direction.

Translations

1 languages

Origin

Borrowed from Latin ēdūcere (“lead out, raise up”); from ex- (“out, up”) + dūcō (“lead, pu

Borrowed from Latin ēdūcere (“lead out, raise up”); from ex- (“out, up”) + dūcō (“lead, pull”).

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Forms

educes, educing, educed, educed

Base form	educe · to educe
3rd person singular	educes
Present participle	educing
Past simple	educed
Past participle	educed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	educe
he, she, it	educes

Past simpleLesson

all persons

educed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have educed
he, she, it	has educed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will educe

Synonyms

5 synonyms

Close in meaning

deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning):evoke elicit extract draw out
develop or evolve from a latent or potential state:derive

Word family

4 related words

Derivededucement educer educible eduction

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

educationA2 educationalA2 educatorB2 edutainment eel eelgrass

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