Type inference has three outputs whereas checking only has two.
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Inference
/ˈɪn.fɚ.əns/
Synonyms for "inference" (155 found)
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Closest matches (31)
a fortiori reasoninga posteriori reasoninga priori reasoningallegoryallusionanalysisarcane meaningassumptionaxiombaconian methodcolorationconclusionconjectureconnotationconsequenceconsequentcorollary
Noun(13 words)
abductionabductionsanalytic resultargumentsclinical conclusionsconcludingconclusionconclusionsconduct linguistic analysiscorollariesdata interpretationsdeducingdeducting
Adjective(1 words)
data based conclusion
Strong matches (47)
deductiondeductive reasoningderivationepagogegeneralizationguessguessingguessworkhinthypothesishypothesis and verificationillationimplicationimplied meaningimportinductioninductive reasoninginnuendo
Noun(17 words)
deductiondeductionsdeemingderived fromeducated guessempirically based conclusionsevidential claimextrapolationextrapolationsguessworkshistorical conclusionhistorical interpretationillationimplicit ideaindirect observationinferred ideainferring
Adjective(6 words)
deductive logicdiagnostic conclusionevidentiary conclusionimplied meaning inferenceinferential findinginferential reasoning
Verb(6 words)
Related words (77)
Verb(2 words)
interpret datastate a hypothesis
Noun(24 words)
interpretationlogical deductionpiecingpresumptionsreading inferencereasoningreasoning actreasoning processreasoning taskreconstructingreconstructionreconstructionsresulting fromsampling resultssource inferencespeculate about causessuggestionssurmisingsuspectingsuspicion
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test resulttextual inferencethe conclusiontype of reasoning
intimationironic suggestionjudgmentmeaningmetaphorical sensenuanceoccult meaningovertoneparticularizationphilosophical inductionpostulatepostulationpostulatumpremisepresumptionpresupposalpresuppositionpropositionratiocinationreason
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reckoningsequiturset of postulatessubsensesubsidiary sensesuggestionsupposalsupposingsuppositionsurmisesyllogismsyllogistic reasoningsymbolismsynthesistenorthesistingetouchundercurrentundermeaningunderstandingundertoneviewworking hypothesis
Adjective(7 words)
logical conclusionlogical consequencelogical demonstrationmedical conclusionrandom guessstatistical sciencestrong suspicion
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More general
9 entriesabstract thoughtcognitionconclusionexplanationhistorical claiminterpretationlogical thinkingreading skillreasoning
More specific
9 entriesarchaeological inferencecartographic inferencecausal inferencecharacter inferencedeductive inferenceinductive inferencemotive inferencesetting inferencetextual inference
Collocations
6 entriesdraw an inferencehistorical inferenceinference from evidencemake an inferencesupport an inferencetextual inference
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesSample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Logic, in the Middle Ages, and down to the present day in teaching, meant no more than a scholastic collection of technical terms and rules of syllogistic inference.
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Is this an observation or an inference?
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A key part of McCarthy’s argument, as made in other settings, such as a Larry King evening news show and on a now-infamous Oprah episode, focuses on the fact that children receive more vaccines now than ever before, which she believes corresponds with a rise in autism rates. However, as scientists and others who reject fallacious inferences point out, correlation is not causation.
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