inference
IPA: ˈɪnfɝʌns
noun
- (uncountable) The act or process of inferring by deduction or induction.
- (countable) That which is inferred; a truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true; a conclusion; a deduction.
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Examples of "inference" in Sentences
- Logic is the study of inference.
- The inference is made clear to the reader.
- Fiducial inference was never widely accepted.
- Read the footnote to understand the inference.
- Does it depend on the direction of the inference
- The rule of inference is a disjunctive syllogism.
- Any such inference would be a syllogistic mistake.
- But the uttering of the testimony is not an inference.
- The inference is that the colloquialism is Australian, which it is not.
- Syllogistic reasoning cannot explain inferences involving multiple generality.
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