inference (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *inference*:
NOUN	cognition	inference, illation	the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation

inference > pronunciation
Sounds	ih'nferahns
Rhymes	abeyance ... virulence: 273 rhymes with ahns...

English > *inference*: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
Meaning	The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation.
Synonym	illation
Narrower	analogy	An inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others
	corollary	(logic) an inference that follows directly from the proof of another proposition
	deduction, entailment, implication	Something that is inferred / inferred / inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
	derivation	A line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions
	extrapolation	An inference about the future (or about some hypothetical situation) based on known facts and observations
	presumption	(law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially / judicially noticed
Broader	reasoning, logical thinking, abstract thought	Thinking that is coherent and logical
Spanish	deducción, ilación, inferencia
Catalan	il·lació, inferència
Adjectives	inferential, illative	relating to or having the nature of illation or inference
	inferential	derived or capable of being derived by inference
	inferential	resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference
Verbs	infer	reason by deduction
	infer	conclude by reasoning
	infer	draw from specific cases for more general cases

HyperDic: inference