inference
See also: inférence
Englisch
editEtymology
editFrom Latin inferentia. Morphologically infer + -ence.
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɪn.fə.ɹəns/, [ˈɪɱ.fə.ɹəns], [ˈɪɱ.fɹəns]
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɪn.fɚ.əns/, [ˈɪɱ.fɚ.əns]
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈɪn.fə.ɹəns/, [ˈɪɱ.fə.ɹəns], [ˈɪɱ.fɹəns]
Audio (Brisbane): (file)
- Hyphenation: in‧fer‧ence
Nomen
editinference (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, →ISBN, page 124: ,
- 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
editTranslations
editact or process of inferring by deduction or induction
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that which is inferred
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Czech
editPronunciation
editNomen
editinference f
Declension
editDeclension 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
edit- See oferta
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