inference

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inference

/ˈɪn.fə.ɹəns/ UK
[ˈɪɱ.fə.ɹəns] UK
[ˈɪɱ.fɹəns] UK
/ˈɪn.fɚ.əns/ Canada, US
[ˈɪɱ.fɚ.əns] Canada, US
/ˈɪn.fɹəns/ Canada, US
[ˈɪɱ.fɹəns] Canada, US
/ˈɪn.fə.ɹəns/ Australia
[ˈɪɱ.fə.ɹəns] Australia
[ˈɪɱ.fɹəns] Australia

Where it comes from

From Latin inferentia. Morphologically infer + -ence.

noun inferences · inferrence

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. 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 a
Similar: determination, illation, verdict, award, censure, choice, opinion, conclusion, decision, deduction, ergotism, inference
uncountable Output generated by a trained machine learning model as it applies learned patterns to new data.
countable An instance or example of this, such as a prediction, classification, decision, etc.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: illation, infer, inductive, argumentation, reasoning, allusion, implication, consequence, assumption, hint, presumption, assertion, hypothesis, reference, affirmation, finding

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noun act or process of inferring by deduction or induction

Español	inferencia, ilación
हिन्दी	अनुमान anumān, आकलन āklan
Português	inferência
Français	inférence, déduction
Deutsch	Schlussfolgern, Schlussfolgerung, Folgerung, Inferenz
Italiano	inferenza
Ελληνικά	συμπερασμός symperasmós, συναγωγή synagogí
Русский	рассужде́ние rassuždénije, умозаключе́ние umozaključénije

noun that which is inferred

हिन्दी	अनुमानित anumānit
Deutsch	Schlussfolgerung, Folgerung, Konklusion, Conclusio, Schlusssatz
Ελληνικά	συμπέρασμα sympérasma, τεκμήριο tekmírio, πόρισμα pórisma
Русский	вы́вод vývod, заключе́ние zaključénije

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@misc{inference_2026,
  title = {inference},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/inference},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}