Noun inference has 1 sense
  1. inference, illation - 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
    --1 is a kind of reasoning, logical thinking, abstract thought
    --1 has particulars:
     analogy; corollary; derivation; deduction, entailment, implication; extrapolation; presumption
    Derived forms: verb infer2, verb infer3, verb infer1
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