Inference
noun
A conclusion or idea that is suggested by something, but not stated directly.
From the evidence presented, we can make the inference that the thief entered from the back door.
Often appears as...
- make an inference
- draw an inference
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Academic
noun
The process of reaching a conclusion based on evidence and reasoning.
Inference is a powerful tool in science and is often used when experimentation is not possible.
Often appears as...
- process of inference
- inference in reasoning
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Academic
noun
The act of inferring an unknown from something that is known.
In political philosophy, inference is critical in understanding societal structures.
Often appears as...
- act of inference
- inference in philosophy
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Academic
noun
A technique in machine learning where models are tested on unseen data.
In the testing phase, inference is used to check how the model performs with new data.
Often appears as...
- machine learning inference
- inference in testing
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Technical
noun
A conclusion or idea that is suggested by something, but not stated directly.
From the evidence presented, we can make the inference that the thief entered from the back door.
Often appears as...
- make an inference
- draw an inference
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Academic
noun
The process of reaching a conclusion based on evidence and reasoning.
Inference is a powerful tool in science and is often used when experimentation is not possible.
Often appears as...
- process of inference
- inference in reasoning
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Academic
noun
The act of inferring an unknown from something that is known.
In political philosophy, inference is critical in understanding societal structures.
Often appears as...
- act of inference
- inference in philosophy
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A technique in machine learning where models are tested on unseen data.
In the testing phase, inference is used to check how the model performs with new data.
Often appears as...
- machine learning inference
- inference in testing
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Beyond Direct
Understanding 'inference' means seeing beyond what's explicitly stated to gain information.
His hesitation infers he's unsure, even though he didn't say it.
Pro Tip 2/3Context Clues
'Inference' involves using context clues within a conversation or text to conclude.
The dark clouds inferred a possible storm.
Pro Tip 3/3Careful Guess
An inference is like a careful guess supported by what you know or observe.
She smiled at the mention of skiing, inferring she enjoyed the sport.
Pro Tip 1/3Beyond Direct
Understanding 'inference' means seeing beyond what's explicitly stated to gain information.
His hesitation infers he's unsure, even though he didn't say it.
Pro Tip 2/3Context Clues
'Inference' involves using context clues within a conversation or text to conclude.
The dark clouds inferred a possible storm.
Pro Tip 3/3Careful Guess
An inference is like a careful guess supported by what you know or observe.
She smiled at the mention of skiing, inferring she enjoyed the sport.
Pro Tip 1/3Beyond Direct
Understanding 'inference' means seeing beyond what's explicitly stated to gain information.
His hesitation infers he's unsure, even though he didn't say it.
Pro Tip 2/3Context Clues
'Inference' involves using context clues within a conversation or text to conclude.
The dark clouds inferred a possible storm.
Pro Tip 3/3Careful Guess
An inference is like a careful guess supported by what you know or observe.
She smiled at the mention of skiing, inferring she enjoyed the sport.
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Unveiling the genius of...
and he really emphasized the fact I've been thinking about for a long We have all this great data, but for some reason, it's just sitting there. We're not accessing it. And one of the reasons why I think that is will be helped by things like graphics and visualization and inference tools, but I also think a big part of it
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Daniel Wolpert: The real...
And it's more recently a unifying way to think about how the brain deals with uncertainty. And the fundamental idea is you want to make inferences and then take actions. So let's think about the inference. You want to generate beliefs about the world. So what are beliefs? Beliefs could where are my arms in space?
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Bruce Bueno de Mesquita...
We need to know what they say they want, not what they want in their heart of hearts, not what they think they can get, but what they say they want, because that is a strategically chosen position, and we can work backwards from that to draw inferences about important features of their decision-making.
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Your body language...
scientists have spent a lot of time looking at the effects of our body language or other people's body language on judgments and we make sweeping judgments in inferences from body language and those judgments can predict really meaningful life outcomes like who we hire or promote who we ask out on a
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Your body language may...
looking at the effects of our body language, or other people's body language, on judgments. And we make sweeping judgments and inferences from body language. And those judgments can predict really meaningful life outcomes like who we hire or promote, who we ask out on a date.
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Daniel H. Cohen: For...
Are the premises warranted? Are the inferences valid? Does the conclusion follow from the premises? No opposition, no adversariality -- not necessarily any arguing in the adversarial sense. But there's a third model to keep in mind that I think is going to be very helpful,
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Ancient Ancestors Come...
these creatures and and be able to make inferences about how they lived but it takes you to a completely further place to actually build a face and have something that looks like a real being a living breathing being to represent these things and I think it just helps
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What can you learn from...
Stable isotopes in bone collagen and tooth enamel varies among mammals dependent on where they lived and what they ate. So by analyzing these isotopes, we can draw direct inferences regarding the diet and location of historic people. Not only that, but during life,
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Machine intelligence...
your personality traits, your political leanings. They have predictive power with high levels of accuracy. Remember -- for things you haven't even disclosed. This is inference. I have a friend who developed such computational systems
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Scott Fraser: The...
motivated processing, the brain fills in information that was not there, not originally stored, from inference, from speculation, from sources of information that came to you,
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Unveiling the genius of...
and he really emphasized the fact I've been thinking about for a long We have all this great data, but for some reason, it's just sitting there. We're not accessing it. And one of the reasons why I think that is will be helped by things like graphics and visualization and inference tools, but I also think a big part of it
Video examples
Daniel Wolpert: The real...
And it's more recently a unifying way to think about how the brain deals with uncertainty. And the fundamental idea is you want to make inferences and then take actions. So let's think about the inference. You want to generate beliefs about the world. So what are beliefs? Beliefs could where are my arms in space?
Video examples
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita...
We need to know what they say they want, not what they want in their heart of hearts, not what they think they can get, but what they say they want, because that is a strategically chosen position, and we can work backwards from that to draw inferences about important features of their decision-making.
Video examples
Your body language...
scientists have spent a lot of time looking at the effects of our body language or other people's body language on judgments and we make sweeping judgments in inferences from body language and those judgments can predict really meaningful life outcomes like who we hire or promote who we ask out on a
Video examples
Your body language may...
looking at the effects of our body language, or other people's body language, on judgments. And we make sweeping judgments and inferences from body language. And those judgments can predict really meaningful life outcomes like who we hire or promote, who we ask out on a date.
Video examples
Daniel H. Cohen: For...
Are the premises warranted? Are the inferences valid? Does the conclusion follow from the premises? No opposition, no adversariality -- not necessarily any arguing in the adversarial sense. But there's a third model to keep in mind that I think is going to be very helpful,
Video examples
Ancient Ancestors Come...
these creatures and and be able to make inferences about how they lived but it takes you to a completely further place to actually build a face and have something that looks like a real being a living breathing being to represent these things and I think it just helps
Video examples
What can you learn from...
Stable isotopes in bone collagen and tooth enamel varies among mammals dependent on where they lived and what they ate. So by analyzing these isotopes, we can draw direct inferences regarding the diet and location of historic people. Not only that, but during life,
Video examples
Machine intelligence...
your personality traits, your political leanings. They have predictive power with high levels of accuracy. Remember -- for things you haven't even disclosed. This is inference. I have a friend who developed such computational systems
Video examples
Scott Fraser: The...
motivated processing, the brain fills in information that was not there, not originally stored, from inference, from speculation, from sources of information that came to you,
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Madhur Bhandarkar
Indian Director
Films are meant solely to provide entertainment. There are no lessons to be learnt and and inferences to be drawn. Has anyone become dutiful and law abiding after seeing a film that espouses these very virtues? Films can do no more than influence fashion, decor, and hairstyle trends.
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Michael Behe
American Scientist
This fact immediately suggested a singular event - that at some time in the distant past the universe began expanding from an extremely small size. To many people this inference was loaded with overtones of a supernatural event - the creation, the beginning of the universe.
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Ephraim Mirvis
South African Clergyman
Words make a world of difference. Over time, they become charged with inference and allusion and, deployed effectively, they have the power to change the very fabric of our civilisation.
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Kate Crawford
Australian Writer
Data and data sets are not objective; they are creations of human design. We give numbers their voice, draw inferences from them, and define their meaning through our interpretations.
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Thomas Jefferson
American President
A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false, a gift confers no rights.
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Richard M. Nixon
American President
We do not learn by inference and deduction and the application of mathematics to philosophy, but by direct intercourse and sympathy.
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Rolf Harris
Australian Entertainer
I had always been told by my parents, not implicitly told, but every inference was that Britain was the hub of the universe.
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Francis Bacon
English Philosopher
Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws.
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Richard Wright
American Novelist
Don't leave inferences to be drawn when evidence can be presented.
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Madhur Bhandarkar
Indian Director
Films are meant solely to provide entertainment. There are no lessons to be learnt and and inferences to be drawn. Has anyone become dutiful and law abiding after seeing a film that espouses these very virtues? Films can do no more than influence fashion, decor, and hairstyle trends.
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Michael Behe
American Scientist
This fact immediately suggested a singular event - that at some time in the distant past the universe began expanding from an extremely small size. To many people this inference was loaded with overtones of a supernatural event - the creation, the beginning of the universe.
Quote examples
Ephraim Mirvis
South African Clergyman
Words make a world of difference. Over time, they become charged with inference and allusion and, deployed effectively, they have the power to change the very fabric of our civilisation.
Quote examples
Kate Crawford
Australian Writer
Data and data sets are not objective; they are creations of human design. We give numbers their voice, draw inferences from them, and define their meaning through our interpretations.
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Thomas Jefferson
American President
A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false, a gift confers no rights.
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Richard M. Nixon
American President
We do not learn by inference and deduction and the application of mathematics to philosophy, but by direct intercourse and sympathy.
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Rolf Harris
Australian Entertainer
I had always been told by my parents, not implicitly told, but every inference was that Britain was the hub of the universe.
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Francis Bacon
English Philosopher
Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws.
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Richard Wright
American Novelist
Don't leave inferences to be drawn when evidence can be presented.
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