inference
See also: inférence
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin inferentia. Morphologically infer + -ence.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɪn.fə.ɹəns/, [ˈɪɱ.fə.ɹəns], [ˈɪɱ.fɹəns]
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɪn.fɚ.əns/, [ˈɪɱ.fɚ.əns], /ˈɪn.fɹəns/, [ˈɪɱ.fɹəns]
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈɪn.fə.ɹəns/, [ˈɪɱ.fə.ɹəns], [ˈɪɱ.fɹəns]
Audio (Brisbane): (file)
- Hyphenation: in‧fer‧ence
Noun
inference (countable and uncountable, plural inferences)
- (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.
- 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, 124: , →ISBN, page
- 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.
Hyponyms
- deductive inference
- inductive inference
- statistical inference
Derived terms
Translations
act or process of inferring by deduction or induction
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that which is inferred
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Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɪnfɛrɛnt͡sɛ]
Noun
inference f
Declension
Declension of inference (soft feminine)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | inference | inference |
genitive | inference | inferencí |
dative | inferenci | inferencím |
accusative | inferenci | inference |
vocative | inference | inference |
locative | inferenci | inferencích |
instrumental | inferencí | inferencemi |
Related terms
- See oferta
Further reading
- “inference”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “inference”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “inference”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025