adduct

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/əˈdʌkt//ˈæ.dʌkt/

verb

To draw towards a center or a middle line.

“to adduct a limb”

Opposite
abduct
OriginLatin adductus →
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Meanings

verbadduct (third-person singular simple present adducts, present participle adducting, simple past and past participle adducted)

present singular third person adducts · participle present adducting · participle past adducted · past adducted

  1. transitivemedicineTo draw towards a center or a middle line.

    to adduct a limb

    3 more examples

    Coordinate term: circumduct

    The therapist explained how certain muscles adduct the leg toward the body.

    The patient was unable to adduct his thumb after the injury.

    Antonyms: abduct

nounadduct (plural adducts)

plural adducts

  1. chemistryThe product of an addition reaction.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo draw towards a center or a middle line.

Opposite
abduct

More synonyms by meaning

verbdraw a limb towards the body

Opposite
abduct
Broader
pulldraw

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinadductus
  2. Englishadduct

Borrowed from Latin adductus, past participle of adduco. See adduce.

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Translations

Dutch adduceren
  • adducerento draw towards a center or a middle line
Finnish addukti
  • adduktithe product of an addition reaction
French adduit
  • adduitthe product of an addition reaction
German Addukt
  • Adduktthe product of an addition reaction
Greek προσθήκη
  • προσθήκη (prosthíki)the product of an addition reaction
Polish addukt
  • adduktthe product of an addition reaction
Romanian aduct
  • aductthe product of an addition reaction
Russian адду́кция, приведе́ние
  • адду́кция (addúkcija)to draw towards a center or a middle line
  • приведе́ние (privedénije)to draw towards a center or a middle line
  • адду́кт (addúkt)the product of an addition reaction

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with adduct

conductconstructductinstructdeductobstructpluckeddestructabductinducttruckedshuckedreductDonald Duckedextructpreconstructsubducttraductunconstruct
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Cite this entry
APA

adduct. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adduct

MLA

“adduct.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adduct. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “adduct,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adduct.

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