inference

See also: inférence

English

Etymology

From Latin inferentia. Morphologically infer +‎ -ence.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.fə.ɹəns/, [ˈɪɱ.fə.ɹəns], [ˈɪɱ.fɹəns]

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• (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]

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• Hyphenation: in‧fer‧ence

Noun

inference (countable and uncountable, plural inferences)

1. (uncountable) The act or process of inferring by deduction or induction.
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.
   • 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:

     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
• inference rule
• inference to the best explanation
• macroinference
• microinference
• statistical inference
• type inference

 

Translations

act or process of inferring by deduction or induction

• Bulgarian: заключение (bg) n (zaključenie), разсъждение (bg) n (razsǎždenie)
• Czech: usuzování n, inference f, odvození n
• Dutch: afgeleid gegeven, conclusie (nl)
• Finnish: päättely (fi)
• French: inférence (fr) f, déduction (fr) f
• German: Schlussfolgern n, Schlussfolgerung (de) f, Folgerung (de) f, Inferenz (de) f (computer science)
• Greek: συμπερασμός (el) m (symperasmós), συναγωγή (el) f (synagogí)
• Hindi: अनुमान (hi) m (anumān), आकलन (hi) m (āklan)
• Indonesian: inferensi (id)
• Italian: inferenza (it) f
• Malay: pentakbiran, penakbiran, inferens
• Malayalam: അനുമാനം (ml) (anumānaṁ)
• Maori: hīkarohanga
• Norwegian Bokmål: slutning
• Occitan: inferéncia
• Portuguese: inferência (pt) f
• Russian: рассужде́ние (ru) n (rassuždénije), умозаключе́ние (ru) n (umozaključénije)
• Sanskrit: अनुमानम् (sa) m (anumānam)
• Serbo-Croatian: закључивање n, zaključivanje (sh) n
• Spanish: inferencia (es), ilación (es)
• Ukrainian: висновок m (vysnovok)
• Welsh: canlyniad (cy) m, enwythiad m

that which is inferred

• Bulgarian: извод (bg) m (izvod), заключение (bg) n (zaključenie)
• Czech: závěr (cs) m, dedukce (cs) f
• Finnish: päätelmä (fi)
• German: Schlussfolgerung (de) f, Folgerung (de) f, Konklusion (de) f, Conclusio f, Schlusssatz (de) m
• Greek: συμπέρασμα (el) n (sympérasma), τεκμήριο (el) n (tekmírio), πόρισμα (el) n (pórisma)
• Hindi: अनुमानित (anumānit)
• Indonesian: inferensi (id), simpulan (id)
• Maori: hīkaro
• Occitan: inferéncia
• Russian: вы́вод (ru) m (vývod), заключе́ние (ru) n (zaključénije)
• Serbo-Croatian: zaкључак m, zaključak (sh) m
• Welsh: canlyniad (cy) m, enwythiad m

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} inférence (fr)
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} తాత్పర్యము (te) (tātparyamu)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪnfɛrɛnt͡sɛ]

Noun

inference f

1. inference

   Synonym: usuzování

Declension

Declension of inference (soft feminine)

	singular	plural
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)