- 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