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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesinference
/ˈɪnfərəns/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
"The detective made an inference based on the footprints at the crime scene."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late Middle English: from medieval Latin inferentia, from Latin inferre 'bring in, bring about, infer'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "inference" is said worldwide
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inférence
Transliteration: inférence
"Cette observation permet de faire une intéressante inférence."
Schlussfolgerung
Transliteration: Schlussfolgerung
"Seine Schlussfolgerung basierte auf unvollständigen Daten."
inferenza
Transliteration: inferenza
"Il lettore deve trarre le proprie conclusioni tramite un'attenta inferenza."
inferencia
Transliteration: inferencia
"Hicimos una inferencia lógica a partir de los datos disponibles."
inferência
Transliteration: inferência
"A inferência foi tirada a partir das pistas encontradas."
निष्कर्ष
Transliteration: nishkarsh
"इस साक्ष्य से एक तार्किक निष्कर्ष निकाला जा सकता है।"
推断
Transliteration: tuīduàn
"我们可以从这些数据中做出什么推断？"
추론
Transliteration: churon
"그것은 이용 가능한 증거에 근거한 타당한 추론이었다."
推論
Transliteration: suiron
"彼女の推論は確かな証拠に基づいていた。"
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