inference
inference
nounDefinition of INFERENCE
an opinion arrived at through a process of reasoning <that seems like a reasonable inference, but in this case it happens to be incorrect>
Related Words decision, deliverance, diagnosis, judgment (or judgement), resolution, ruling, verdict; conjecture, guess, surmise; assumption, presumption, supposition
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