Synonym: illation. Similar words: conference, deference, reference, preference, difference, make a difference, coherence, irreverence. Meaning: ['ɪnfərəns] n. the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation.
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31 But inference from context would rule out such an interpretation in this story.
32 Thus it is quite plausible to suggest that see evokes some form of inference here.
33 This led to the incorporation of statistical techniques of inference into empirical social science.
34 Perhaps this inference, given its grounding in pupil, not teacher data,(www.Sentencedict.com) is a tendentious one.
35 But the defense clearly hopes that jurors will draw that inference.
36 This, under the control of the inference engine, forms the system nucleus.
37 And when Rabbit shows Pooh the honey, again the inference is direct: a honey pot, therefore honey.
38 If, however, an existential claim is expressed in such a manner, then it can be paraphrased in terms of valid inference.
39 There is therefore no direct inference ticket from physical harm to harm normatively defined.
40 If the premises are unjustified, there will be no justification for the conclusion at least, not by this inference.
41 The inference of user information needs from user information-seeking behaviour has led to much confusion.
42 It provides a basis of fuller understanding of allusion(Sentencedict.com), implication and inference.
43 If all preferences are strong, so that only normal mode inference is ever performed, wrong choices will be made.
44 Fujisaki will probably rule next week on whether defense lawyers can draw a more sinister inference from the delay during closing arguments.
45 Inference is what Sherlock Holmes did: one fact is deduced from others.
46 The inference had been widely accepted, until a more recent experiment.
47 Because there was no way we would be given permission to carry out burning ourselves, everything was done from inference.
48 The opaque glasses used for making the beads provide us with a somewhat different level of inference.
49 Each combination of the inference engine with a knowledge base becomes a unique expert system.
50 The principles of politeness and co-operation are not, on their own, enough to provide the explanation for this inference.
51 A better word was values, with its inference of personal choice and personal responsibility.
52 It is this kind of inference that Grice dubs an implicature, or more properly a conversational implicature.
53 Our main inference was that as insectivorous primates radiated within the forest they took to fruit-eating and became diurnal.
54 This processing, which is relatively complicated in the case of the complex inference sentences, can also produce role- and name-mapping.
55 Implication is an indirect way of conveying one's own meaning; inference is a process of discovering a fact outside oneself.
56 One inescapable inference from these numbers is that some of the 620 persons executed were innocent.
57 Journalistic speculation and inference about official statements are not protected.
58 Third, there is the problem of universal knowledge, or more generally of knowledge by inference.
59 Typically an expert system consists of a piece of software called an inference engine and another piece called a knowledge base.
60 They portrayed her as the hero, and by inference , Mr. Thompson as the villain.
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