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inference

Noun feminine CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈɪn.fə.ɹəns

Definitions

  1. The act or process of inferring by deduction or induction.
  2. That which is inferred; a truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true; a conclusion; a deduction.
  3. Output generated by a trained machine learning model as it applies learned patterns to new data.
  4. An instance or example of this, such as a prediction, classification, decision, etc.

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Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C2
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This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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