Definitions for inference

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inference in·fer·ence

Spelling: [in-fer-uh ns, -fruh ns]

IPA: /ˈɪn fər əns, -frəns/

Inference is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 142 anagrams from letters in inference (ceeefinnr).

Definitions for inference

noun

1. the act or process of inferring.
2. something that is inferred:
3. 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.

Origin of inference

From the Medieval Latin word inferentia, dating back to 1585-95. See infer, -ence

Examples for inference

I knew not what the inference would be, if I said they were not.

You say that the one proposition is an inference from the other.

But she guessed very well what inference was drawn from her application.

The inference of “it” is that Burns himself wandered a painful distance down a suicidal path after being bullied in school.

The inference is that he was imported from abroad for the purpose of committing this outrage.

Sen. Claire McCaskill  said the “innuendo and inference” reminded her of Joe McCarthy.

The inference that the child was treated as an equal in the community is unwarranted.

This is an example of abductive reasoning: an inference is made based on known facts, in an effort to explain them.

The known facts, too, all corroborate this inference: let us consider them a little.

The reasoning task requires the mice to make an inference by exclusion.