INFERENCE


Meaning of INFERENCE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪnfərəns ]

( inferences)

1.

An inference is a conclusion that you draw about something by using information that you already have about it.

There were two inferences to be drawn from her letter.

= conclusion

N-COUNT

2.

Inference is the act of drawing conclusions about something on the basis of information that you already have.

It had an extremely tiny head and, by inference, a tiny brain.

N-UNCOUNT

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