inference

See also: inférence

English

Etymology

Morphologically infer +‎ -ence.

Pronunciation

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

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.

Hyponyms

• deductive inference
• inductive inference
• 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)
• Italian: inferenza (it) f
• Malayalam: അനുമാനം (ml) (anumānaṃ)

• 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)

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 m
• Greek: συμπέρασμα (el) n (sympérasma), τεκμήριο (el) n (tekmírio), πόρισμα (el) n (pórisma)
• Maori: hīkaro

• Occitan: inferéncia
• Russian: вы́вод (ru) m (vývod), заключе́ние (ru) n (zaključénije)
• Serbo-Croatian: zaкључак m, zaključak (sh) m

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} inférence (fr)

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

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪnfɛrɛnt͡sɛ]

Noun

inference f

1. inference

   Synonym: usuzování

Related terms

• See oferta

Further reading

• inference in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• inference in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989