verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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UK:/dɪˈdʌkt/
UK:/dɪˈdʊkt/
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rhymes with -ʌkt
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
verb
Meaning 1
To take one thing from another; remove from; make smaller or less by some amount.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
I will deduct the cost of the can of peas from the money I owe you.
The player was deducted a point for violent conduct.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
reason by deduction; establish by deduction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: deduce, infer, derive
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: reason, reason out, conclude
Narrower terms: extrapolate, surmise, elicit
3
verb
Meaning 3
make a subtraction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
subtract this amount from my paycheck
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: subtract, take off
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure
Narrower terms: carry back
4
verb
Meaning 4
retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
My employer is withholding taxes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: withhold, recoup
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: keep, hold on
Narrower terms: dock
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin deductus, perfect passive participle of verb deducere (“lead from”).
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
изваждам
(izvaždam)
— to take one thing from another
Bulgarian:
намалявам
(namaljavam)
— to take one thing from another
Bulgarian:
удържам
(udǎržam)
— to take one thing from another
Chinese Mandarin:
扣除
(kòuchú)
— to take one thing from another
Finnish:
vähentää
— to take one thing from another
French:
décompter
— to take one thing from another
French:
déduire
— to take one thing from another
German:
abziehen
— to take one thing from another
Hungarian:
levon
— to take one thing from another
Hungarian:
leír
— to take one thing from another
Interlingua:
deducer
— to take one thing from another
Interlingua:
discontar
— to take one thing from another
Italian:
defalcare
— to take one thing from another
Italian:
detrarre
— to take one thing from another
Japanese:
差し引く
(sashihiku)
— to take one thing from another
Japanese:
引く
(hiku)
— to take one thing from another
Latin:
dēdūcō
— to take one thing from another
Russian:
вычита́ть
(vyčitátʹ)
— to take one thing from another
Russian:
вы́честь
(výčestʹ)
— to take one thing from another
Russian:
уде́рживать
(udérživatʹ)
— to take one thing from another
Russian:
удержа́ть
(uderžátʹ)
— to take one thing from another
Serbo-Croatian:
odbiti
— to take one thing from another
Serbo-Croatian:
одбити
— to take one thing from another
