Plural of inference
regular plural
The plural of inference is inferences.
Forms of inference
| Singular | inference /ˈɪn.fə.ɹəns/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | inferences |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Inferences in a sentence
- However, as scientists and others who reject fallacious inferences point out, correlation is not causation.2018 January 2, Samantha D. Gottlieb, “8. Mothers and Gardasil”, in Not Quite a Cancer Vaccine. Selling HPV and Cervical Cancer, New...
- One must be extremely wary of extending such inferences to physical reality itself.2022 April 16, Stephen Boughn, “There Is No Spooky Action at a Distance in Quantum Mechanics”, in Entropy, volume 24, number 4, →DOI, page…. From the entry spooky action at a distance
- Less-skilled comprehenders do not know when it is appropriate to draw inferences.2005, Margaret J. Snowling, Charles Hulme, The Science of Reading: A Handbook, page 232. From the entry comprehender
- Choose the translation that attributes fewer invalid inferences or inconsistencies to the translatees.1960, Willard Van Orman Quine, Word and Object. From the entry translatee
- Adult-literacy scores have also dropped: Nearly 30 percent of American adults cannot paraphrase or make inferences from a multipage text.2026 July 8, Rose Horowitch, “The End of Reading Is Here”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic…. From the entry paraphrase
Meaning of inference
- noun The act or process of inferring by deduction or induction.
- noun That which is inferred; a truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true; a conclusion; a deduction.
- noun Output generated by a trained machine learning model as it applies learned patterns to new data.
Questions about the plural of inference
- What is the plural of inference?
- The plural of inference is inferences.
- Is inference countable?
- Inference is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
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