abduce

Questions about abduce

What does abduce mean?

abduce means "advance evidence for".

How many syllables are in abduce?

abduce has 2 syllables and divides as ab-duce under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for abduce?

Close synonyms include adduce, cite. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is abduce a common word?

abduce is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.