inference

Meaning

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.
3. (uncountable) Output generated by a trained machine learning model as it applies learned patterns to new data.
4. (countable) An instance or example of this, such as a prediction, classification, decision, etc.

Synonyms

deduction

conclusion

reasoning

illation

implication

ratiocination

guess

induction

argument

infer

conjecture

consequence

finding

presumption

ratiocinate

reason

resolution

sentiment

sequence

speculative

theorize

thought

💭

token

upshot

major term

and verbal knowledge

coniecture

convergent thinking

pusher tug

push boat

pushing vessel

assertion

assumption

comparison

connotation

consecution

corollary

deductions

derivation

estimation

opinion

overtone

presume

Translations

Schlussfolgerung

inférence

inferencia

inferenza

deduzione

Folgerung

gevolgtrekking

conclusie

déduction

συμπέρασμα

inferência

conclusion

illazione

Schluss

🔚

dedução

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɪn.fə.ɹəns/

Etymology

From Latin inferentia. Morphologically infer + -ence.