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Meaning of "abduce" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ABDUCE

abduce  [æbˈdjuːs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ABDUCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Abduce is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb abduce in English.

WHAT DOES ABDUCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of abduce in the English dictionary

The definition of abduce in the dictionary is to abduct.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ABDUCE

PRESENT

Present
I abduce
you abduce
he/she/it abduces
we abduce
you abduce
they abduce
Present continuous
I am abducing
you are abducing
he/she/it is abducing
we are abducing
you are abducing
they are abducing
Present perfect
I have abduced
you have abduced
he/she/it has abduced
we have abduced
you have abduced
they have abduced
Present perfect continuous
I have been abducing
you have been abducing
he/she/it has been abducing
we have been abducing
you have been abducing
they have been abducing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I abduced
you abduced
he/she/it abduced
we abduced
you abduced
they abduced
Past continuous
I was abducing
you were abducing
he/she/it was abducing
we were abducing
you were abducing
they were abducing
Past perfect
I had abduced
you had abduced
he/she/it had abduced
we had abduced
you had abduced
they had abduced
Past perfect continuous
I had been abducing
you had been abducing
he/she/it had been abducing
we had been abducing
you had been abducing
they had been abducing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will abduce
you will abduce
he/she/it will abduce
we will abduce
you will abduce
they will abduce
Future continuous
I will be abducing
you will be abducing
he/she/it will be abducing
we will be abducing
you will be abducing
they will be abducing
Future perfect
I will have abduced
you will have abduced
he/she/it will have abduced
we will have abduced
you will have abduced
they will have abduced
Future perfect continuous
I will have been abducing
you will have been abducing
he/she/it will have been abducing
we will have been abducing
you will have been abducing
they will have been abducing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would abduce
you would abduce
he/she/it would abduce
we would abduce
you would abduce
they would abduce
Conditional continuous
I would be abducing
you would be abducing
he/she/it would be abducing
we would be abducing
you would be abducing
they would be abducing
Conditional perfect
I would have abduce
you would have abduce
he/she/it would have abduce
we would have abduce
you would have abduce
they would have abduce
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been abducing
you would have been abducing
he/she/it would have been abducing
we would have been abducing
you would have been abducing
they would have been abducing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you abduce
we let´s abduce
you abduce
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to abduce
Past participle
abduced
Present Participle
abducing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ABDUCE


adduce
əˈdjuːs
circumduce
ˌsɜːkəmˈdjuːs
co-produce
ˌkəʊprəˈdjuːs
conduce
kənˈdjuːs
deduce
dɪˈdjuːs
educe
ɪˈdjuːs
induce
ɪnˈdjuːs
introduce
ˌɪntrəˈdjuːs
outproduce
ˌaʊtprəˈdjuːs
overproduce
ˌəʊvəprəˈdjuːs
produce
prəˈdjuːs
reduce
rɪˈdjuːs
reinduce
ˌriːɪnˈdjuːs
reintroduce
ˌriːɪntrəˈdjuːs
reproduce
ˌriːprəˈdjuːs
seduce
sɪˈdjuːs
subduce
sʌbˈdjuːs
subintroduce
ˌsʌbɪntrəˈdjuːs
traduce
trəˈdjuːs
transduce
trænzˈdjuːs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ABDUCE

abdicate
abdication
abdicative
abdicator
abdomen
abdominal
abdominal crunch
abdominal thrust
abdominally
abdominals
abdominoplasties
abdominoplasty
abdominous
abducens nerve
abducent
abducent nerve
abduct
abductee
abduction
abductor

WORDS THAT END LIKE ABDUCE

Bruce
cotransduce
dairy produce
deuce
douce
duce
farm produce
garden produce
lettuce
luce
mass-produce
out-reproduce
photoreduce
puce
sale of produce
sauce
soy sauce
spruce
tomato sauce
underproduce

Synonyms and antonyms of abduce in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «abduce» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ABDUCE

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The translations of abduce from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «abduce» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

abduce
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

abducir
570 millions of speakers

English

abduce
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

abduce
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

abduce
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

abduce
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

abduzir
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

abduce
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

abduce
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Abduce
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

abduce
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

abduce
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

abduce
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Abdine
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

abduce
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

abduce
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अपहरण करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

abduce
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

abduce
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

abduce
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

abduce
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

abduce
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

abduce
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

abduce
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

abduce
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

abduce
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of abduce

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ABDUCE»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ABDUCE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about abduce

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ABDUCE»

Discover the use of abduce in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to abduce and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Practical Logic of Cognitive Systems: The Reach of ...
I. Abduce(A, Q) I T ifA'iQ I 1; 2. Abduce(A, q) I q, _for q atomic such that q is not the head ofany clause in A; 3. Abduce(A, Q1 /\ Q2) I Abduce(A, Q1) /\ Abduce(A, Q2); 4. Abduce(A,A1 :> (A2 I ...(A,, I q)...)) : A1 :> (A2 I ...(A,, I Abduce(A U {A1,A2, .
Dov M. Gabbay, John Woods, 2005
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Abductive Reasoning and Learning: Volume 4: Abductive ...
Volume 4: Abductive Reasoning and Learning Dov M. Gabbay, Philippe Smets, Rudolf Kruse. We can simplify our notation and write A? = x for Success(A, Q, constraints, 0) •• x and Abduce± (A, Q) = {Fi , . . . , r, }, where Pi are all alternative sets ...
Dov M. Gabbay, Philippe Smets, Rudolf Kruse, 2000
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Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science
We have Success(A, A =>• B) = Success(A U [A], B). Therefore we want something like Abduce~(A,A B) = A =^Abduce~(A U {A}, B) So Abduce~(0,q =>□ q) should equal q =>□ Abduce~ ({q} , q), but Abduce~({q], q) = Delete(q). Thus the theory ...
Shahid Rahman, John Symons, Dov M. Gabbay, 2009
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Handbook of Philosophical Logic: Volume 15
Clearly we need to abduce some A such that Δ2,A ⊣ q2. Suppose we can fine- tune the abduction algorithm to find an A in the common language. Call it H. If we also have Δ1 ⊣ H then we found our interpolant. So we need a mechanism that ...
Dov M. Gabbay, Franz Guenthner, 2010
5
People and Rail Systems: Human Factors at the Heart of the ...
Count/Deduce Deduce/Deduce Deduce/Abduce Deduce/Identify Deduce/ Combine Deduce/Observe Abduce/Deduce Decompose/Combine Combine/ Count Combine/Deduce Observe/Deduce Observe/Abduce Observe/Observe ...
John R. Wilson, 2007
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Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Technology: Abduction, ...
That is, economists (and other social scientists) have to abduce their models on the basis of agents' abductions. Besides, these agents' abductions are subsequently based on their beliefs about other agents' abductions. For example, in order ...
Lorenzo Magnani, Walter Carnielli, Claudio Pizzi, 2010
7
The Path of the Law and Its Influence: The Legacy of Oliver ...
This feature of <1) allows it to satisfy the special need of a legal reasoner who has sought to abduce the legal rule, namely, to find an explanation of the facts (O ) from a legal point of view. This explanation must in tum produce a rule that the ...
Steven J. Burton, 2007
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Top 100 Power Verbs: The Most Powerful Verbs and Phrases You ...
—Sir Thomas Browne, English author (1605–1682) (1) The project management team must abduce reasons for the cost overruns when there was no indication at the last stage gate of any such overage. Absolve (1) clear; exculpate; forgive; ...
Michael Lawrence Faulkner, Michelle Faulkner-Lunsford, 2013
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Phrase Structures in Competition: Variation and Change in ...
According to this view, language learners abduce a single grammar. During a period of syntactic change, some language learners abduce the old grammar while others abduce a new one; change progresses as more and more language  ...
Susan Pintzuk, 2014
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Logical and Relational Learning
As the function abduce of Sect. 7.2.3 could be modified to yield only the minimal explanations (using a breadth-first strategy), prob-abduce can be extended into a best-first search strategy that will generate the most likely explanations first; cf.
Luc De Raedt, 2008

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ABDUCE»

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Talking About Thomism
The average college graduate, if familiar with Thomas Aquinas at all, associates him either with his “five ways”, which attempt to abduce the ... «Patheos, Jun 14»

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