inference

noun

(uncountable) The act or process of inferring by deduction or induction.

(countable) That which is inferred; a truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true; a conclusion; a deduction.

(uncountable, artificial intelligence) Output generated by a trained machine learning model as it applies learned patterns to new data.

(countable, artificial intelligence) An instance or example of this, such as a prediction, classification, decision, etc.

Roots

ferofer- · Latin · carry, bear

Synonyms for inference

illationn presuppositionn suppositionn supposaln epagoge ratiocinationn implicationn assumptionn postulationn conjecturen hypothesisn syllogismn surmisev

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Where does inference come from?

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