inferences

Meaning of inferences

plural noun
  1. a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
    researchers are entrusted with drawing inferences from the data
    it seemed a fair inference that such books would be grouped together

late 16th century: from medieval Latin inferentia, from inferent- ‘bringing in’, from the verb inferre (see infer).

Information about inferences

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of inferences is: inference.
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Hyphenation of inferences

in-fer-ences

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • inferences is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

inferences synonyms

Meaning the inference of particular instances by reference to a general law or principle:

deduction

Meaning a judgement or decision reached by reasoning:

conclusion

Meaning the action of thinking about something in a logical, sensible way:

reasoning

Meaning an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information:

conjecture

Meaning the forming of a theory or conjecture without firm evidence:

speculation

Meaning a supposition that something may be true, even though there is no evidence to confirm it:

surmise

Meaning a statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved:

thesis

Meaning the forming of a theory or theories about something:

theorizing

Meaning put (something) forward as a hypothesis:

hypothesizing

Meaning an attitude adopted in law or as a matter of policy towards an action or proposal in the absence of acceptable reasons to the contrary:

presumption

Meaning a thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen, without proof:

assumption

Meaning a belief held without proof or certain knowledge; an assumption or hypothesis:

supposition

Meaning the action or process of calculating or estimating something:

reckoning

Meaning the action of estimating or concluding something by assuming that existing trends will continue or a current method will remain applicable:

extrapolation

Meaning the process or results of guessing:

guesswork

Meaning estimate or conclude (something) without sufficient information to be sure of being correct:

guessing

Meaning an estimate based on a mixture of guesswork and calculation:

guesstimate

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