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View synonyms for inference
inference
[ in-fer-uhns, -fruhns ]
noun
- the act or process of inferring.
- something that is inferred:
to make rash inferences.
- Logic.
- the process of deriving the strict logical consequences of assumed premises.
- the process of arriving at some conclusion that, though it is not logically derivable from the assumed premises, possesses some degree of probability relative to the premises.
- a proposition reached by a process of inference.
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Other Words From
- mis·infer·ence noun
- pre·infer·ence noun
- super·infer·ence noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of inference1
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Idioms and Phrases
see draw an inference .Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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