Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
noun
- the act or process of inferring.
- something that is inferred: to make rash inferences.
- Logic.
- the process of deriving the strict logical consequences of assumed premises.
- the process of arriving at some conclusion that, though it is not logically derivable from the assumed premises, possesses some degree of probability relative to the premises.
- a proposition reached by a process of inference.
noun
- the act or process of inferring
- an inferred conclusion, deduction, etc
- any process of reasoning from premises to a conclusion
- logic the specific mode of reasoning usedSee also deduction (def. 4), induction (def. 4)
1590s, from Medieval Latin inferentia, from Latin inferentem (nominative inferens), present participle of inferre (see infer).
In logic, the deriving of one idea from another. Inference can proceed through either induction or deduction.
see draw an inference.