Etymological root

ducere

Latin

to lead; to guide

Forms to recognize: dūcō, dūcere, ductum

The Latin forms dūcere and ductum connect words with duc and duct spellings. Introducing someone brings that person into an acquaintance; producing makes something available or brings it into being. Reduce, conduct, and deduct have more specialized meanings. Treat leading as a family memory cue and check each word's part of speech.

Learn this word family

introduce
To tell people each other's names so they can get to know one another.

At lunch, I will introduce our new colleague to the rest of the team.
reduce
To make something smaller in size, amount, or degree.

Better insulation should reduce the building's energy use by twenty percent.
produce
To make or manufacture something.

The factory can produce five hundred bicycles in a single week.
conduct
The way a person behaves.

The referee praised the players' conduct after both teams helped an injured opponent.
deduct
to subtract or take away an amount from a total

The shop will deduct the voucher's value from the price of the coat.

# ducere

**Type:** Etymological root
**Language:** Latin
**Slug:** ducere-2

## Meanings
1. to lead
2. to guide

## Variants
- dūcō
- dūcere
- ductum

## Notes
The Latin forms dūcere and ductum connect words with duc and duct spellings. Introducing someone brings that person into an acquaintance; producing makes something available or brings it into being. Reduce, conduct, and deduct have more specialized meanings. Treat leading as a family memory cue and check each word's part of speech.

## Learn This Word Family
- introduce: At lunch, I will introduce our new colleague to the rest of the team.
- reduce: Better insulation should reduce the building's energy use by twenty percent.
- produce: The factory can produce five hundred bicycles in a single week.
- conduct: The referee praised the players' conduct after both teams helped an injured opponent.
- deduct: The shop will deduct the voucher's value from the price of the coat.

## Words From This Root
- introduce - To tell people each other's names so they can get to know one another.
- produce - To make or manufacture something.
- conduct - The way a person behaves.
- reduce - To make something smaller in size, amount, or degree.
- ductile - able to be drawn out into a thin wire; easily molded or led
- introductory - serving as a beginning or first part; preliminary
- deduct - to subtract or take away an amount from a total
- duchess - the wife or widow of a duke, or a woman holding a duchy in her own right
- duke - a nobleman of the highest hereditary rank below a prince
- productiveness - the quality of yielding much or producing results
- adduce - to cite or bring forward as evidence or proof
- conduction - the transmission of heat, electricity, or signals through a medium
- deducible - able to be inferred by reasoning
- inducive - tending to induce or bring about something (rare for inductive)
- reducible - capable of being made smaller, simpler, or expressed in simpler terms
- reproducibility - the quality of yielding consistent results when repeated under the same conditions
- seduce - to lead astray or entice, especially into wrongdoing or desire
- uneducated - lacking formal schooling or knowledge

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