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Meaning of abductive | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2
æbˈdʌk.tɪv

Definitions

  1. Related or pertaining to abductor muscles and their movement.
    not-comparable
  2. Being or relating to a logical process of abduction or inference.
    not-comparable
  3. Abducting, pertaining to an abduction (a kidnapping).
    not-comparable, rare

Equivalents

Deutsch abduktiv
Ελληνικά απαγωγικός
Suomi abduktiivinen
Français abductive
Italiano abduttivo abduttore
Latina abducens abductivus abductorius
Português abdutivo
Română abductor
Русский отводящий

Examples

“The logs showed that between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. on the abductive day, 10,718 SIMs connected with the seven […] Some people in the kidnap zone would of course have called each other innocently, but […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

abductory abeam abeat abecedarian abecedary abecediary

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