"inference" meaning in English

See inference in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɪn.fə.ɹəns/ [UK], [ˈɪɱ.fə.ɹəns] [UK], [ˈɪɱ.fɹəns] [UK], /ˈɪn.fɚ.əns/ [Canada, US], [ˈɪɱ.fɚ.əns] [Canada, US], /ˈɪn.fɹəns/ [Canada, US], [ˈɪɱ.fɹəns] [Canada, US], /ˈɪn.fə.ɹəns/ [General-Australian], [ˈɪɱ.fə.ɹəns] [General-Australian], [ˈɪɱ.fɹəns] [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-inference.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Jjamesryan-inference.wav Forms: inferences [plural]
Etymology: From Latin inferentia. Morphologically infer + -ence. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|inferentia}} Latin inferentia, {{suffix|en|infer|ence|nocat=1}} infer + -ence Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} inference (countable and uncountable, plural inferences)
  1. (uncountable) The act or process of inferring by deduction or induction. Tags: uncountable Translations (act or process of inferring by deduction or induction): заключение (zaključenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), разсъждение (razsǎždenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), usuzování [neuter] (Czech), inference [feminine] (Czech), odvození [neuter] (Czech), afgeleid gegeven (Dutch), conclusie (Dutch), päättely (Finnish), inférence [feminine] (French), déduction [feminine] (French), Schlussfolgern [neuter] (German), Schlussfolgerung [feminine] (German), Folgerung [feminine] (German), Inferenz [feminine] [science, sciences, computer, computing, engineering, mathematics, physical-sciences, natural-sciences] (German), συμπερασμός (symperasmós) [masculine] (Greek), συναγωγή (synagogí) [feminine] (Greek), अनुमान (anumān) [masculine] (Hindi), आकलन (āklan) [masculine] (Hindi), inferensi (Indonesian), inferenza [feminine] (Italian), pentakbiran (Malay), penakbiran (Malay), inferens (Malay), അനുമാനം (anumānaṁ) (Malayalam), hīkarohanga (Maori), slutning (Norwegian Bokmål), inferéncia (Occitan), inferência [feminine] (Portuguese), рассужде́ние (rassuždénije) [neuter] (Russian), умозаключе́ние (umozaključénije) [neuter] (Russian), अनुमानम् (anumānam) [masculine] (Sanskrit), закључивање [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), zaključivanje [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), inferencia (Spanish), ilación (Spanish), висновок (vysnovok) [masculine] (Ukrainian), canlyniad [masculine] (Welsh), enwythiad [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-inference-en-noun-iCPXCCm8 Disambiguation of 'act or process of inferring by deduction or induction': 91 9
  2. (countable) That which is inferred; a truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true; a conclusion; a deduction. Tags: countable Translations (that which is inferred): извод (izvod) [masculine] (Bulgarian), заключение (zaključenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), závěr [masculine] (Czech), dedukce [feminine] (Czech), päätelmä (Finnish), Schlussfolgerung [feminine] (German), Folgerung [feminine] (German), Konklusion [feminine] (German), Conclusio [feminine] (German), Schlusssatz [masculine] (German), συμπέρασμα (sympérasma) [neuter] (Greek), τεκμήριο (tekmírio) [neuter] (Greek), πόρισμα (pórisma) [neuter] (Greek), अनुमानित (anumānit) (Hindi), inferensi (Indonesian), simpulan (Indonesian), hīkaro (Maori), inferéncia (Occitan), вы́вод (vývod) [masculine] (Russian), заключе́ние (zaključénije) [neuter] (Russian), zaкључак [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), zaključak [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), canlyniad [masculine] (Welsh), enwythiad [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-inference-en-noun-O6oC4P18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Malayalam translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sanskrit translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Telugu translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Sanskrit translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Telugu translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of 'that which is inferred': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: deductive inference, inductive inference, inference rule, inference to the best explanation, macroinference, microinference, statistical inference, type inference

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "2018 January 2, Samantha D. Gottlieb, “8. Mothers and Gardasil”, in Not Quite a Cancer Vaccine. Selling HPV and Cervical Cancer, New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 124:",
          "text": "A key part of McCarthy’s argument, as made in other settings, such as a Larry King evening news show and on a now-infamous Oprah episode, focuses on the fact that children receive more vaccines now than ever before, which she believes corresponds with a rise in autism rates. However, as scientists and others who reject fallacious inferences point out, correlation is not causation.",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "извод"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zaključenie",
      "sense": "that which is inferred",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "заключение"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "that which is inferred",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "závěr"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "that which is inferred",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dedukce"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "that which is inferred",
      "word": "päätelmä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "that which is inferred",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schlussfolgerung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "that which is inferred",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Folgerung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "that which is inferred",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Konklusion"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "that which is inferred",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Conclusio"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "that which is inferred",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schlusssatz"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sympérasma",
      "sense": "that which is inferred",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "συμπέρασμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "tekmírio",
      "sense": "that which is inferred",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "τεκμήριο"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pórisma",
      "sense": "that which is inferred",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "πόρισμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "anumānit",
      "sense": "that which is inferred",
      "word": "अनुमानित"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "that which is inferred",
      "word": "inferensi"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "that which is inferred",
      "word": "simpulan"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "that which is inferred",
      "word": "hīkaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "that which is inferred",
      "word": "inferéncia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vývod",
      "sense": "that which is inferred",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вы́вод"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaključénije",
      "sense": "that which is inferred",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "заключе́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "that which is inferred",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zaкључак"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "that which is inferred",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zaključak"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "that which is inferred",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "canlyniad"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "that which is inferred",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "enwythiad"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "inference"
  ],
  "word": "inference"
}

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