Deduce and Solve

Deduce

Deduce verb - To form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information.

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Solve and deduce are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Solve" instead a verb "Deduce".

Nearby Words: deduction, deductive, deducing

Solve verb - To find an answer for through reasoning.

Usage example: it took me half an hour to solve the logic puzzle

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Deduce and solve are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Deduce" instead a verb "Solve".

Nearby Words: solution, solved, solving, solvable, solver

Clank is amused by the challenge and briefly tries to deduce how to solve it, but its obvious that since each requires the other, it's impossible without Taking A Third Option, which Ratchet does by using his own wrench.

Source: Circular Reasoning
And Emilien actually, who is the first (even before Petra) to deduce the modus operandi in the first movie; he also manages to catch up with the ninjas in the second, he does find the yakusas in the third, and he does manage to solve the case in the fourth.

Source: Film / Taxi

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