inference

noun

OPAL W

/ˈɪnfərəns/

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[countable] something that you can find out indirectly from what you already know synonym deduction
- to draw/make inferences from the data
- The clear inference is that the universe is expanding.
Collocations Scientific research
Scientific researchTheory
- formulate/advance a theory/hypothesis
- build/construct/create/develop a simple/theoretical/mathematical model
- develop/establish/provide/use a theoretical/conceptual framework
- advance/argue/develop the thesis that…
- explore an idea/a concept/a hypothesis
- make a prediction/an inference
- base a prediction/your calculations on something
- investigate/evaluate/accept/challenge/reject a theory/hypothesis/model
Experiment
- design an experiment/a questionnaire/a study/a test
- do research/an experiment/an analysis
- make observations/measurements/calculations
- carry out/conduct/perform an experiment/a test/a longitudinal study/observations/clinical trials
- run an experiment/a simulation/clinical trials
- repeat an experiment/a test/an analysis
- replicate a study/the results/the findings
- observe/study/examine/investigate/assess a pattern/a process/a behaviour
- fund/support the research/project/study
- seek/provide/get/secure funding for research
Results
- collect/gather/extract data/information
- yield data/evidence/similar findings/the same results
- analyse/examine the data/soil samples/a specimen
- consider/compare/interpret the results/findings
- fit the data/model
- confirm/support/verify a prediction/a hypothesis/the results/the findings
- prove a conjecture/hypothesis/theorem
- draw/make/reach the same conclusions
- read/review the records/literature
- describe/report an experiment/a study
- present/publish/summarize the results/findings
- present/publish/read/review/cite a paper in a scientific journal
Extra Examples
- The value of data depends on our skill in drawing inferences from it.
- inferences based on their answers to a number of set questions
- There are certain inferences we can draw about the origins of language.
- What inferences can we draw from this data?
Topics Opinion and argumentb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- fair
- logical
- reasonable
- …
verb + inference
- draw
- make
- allow
- …
inference + verb
- be based on something
preposition
- inference about
- inference from
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[uncountable] the act or process of forming an opinion, based on what you already know
- by inference If he is guilty then, by inference, so is his wife (= it is logical to think so, from the same evidence).
Topics Opinion and argumentb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- fair
- logical
- reasonable
- …
verb + inference
- draw
- make
- allow
- …
inference + verb
- be based on something
preposition
- inference about
- inference from
See full entry

Word Originlate 16th cent.: from medieval Latin inferentia, from inferent- ‘bringing in’, from the verb inferre ‘bring in, bring about’ (in medieval Latin ‘deduce’), from in- ‘into’ + ferre ‘bring’.

单词	inference
释义	inference noun OPAL W /ˈɪnfərəns/ /ˈɪnfərəns/ jump to other results [countable] something that you can find out indirectly from what you already know synonym deduction to draw/make inferences from the data The clear inference is that the universe is expanding. Collocations Scientific researchScientific researchTheory formulate/advance a theory/hypothesis build/construct/create/develop a simple/theoretical/mathematical model develop/establish/provide/use a theoretical/conceptual framework advance/argue/develop the thesis that… explore an idea/a concept/a hypothesis make a prediction/an inference base a prediction/your calculations on something investigate/evaluate/accept/challenge/reject a theory/hypothesis/model Experiment design an experiment/a questionnaire/a study/a test do research/an experiment/an analysis make observations/measurements/calculations carry out/conduct/perform an experiment/a test/a longitudinal study/observations/clinical trials run an experiment/a simulation/clinical trials repeat an experiment/a test/an analysis replicate a study/the results/the findings observe/study/examine/investigate/assess a pattern/a process/a behaviour fund/support the research/project/study seek/provide/get/secure funding for research Results collect/gather/extract data/information yield data/evidence/similar findings/the same results analyse/examine the data/soil samples/a specimen consider/compare/interpret the results/findings fit the data/model confirm/support/verify a prediction/a hypothesis/the results/the findings prove a conjecture/hypothesis/theorem draw/make/reach the same conclusions read/review the records/literature describe/report an experiment/a study present/publish/summarize the results/findings present/publish/read/review/cite a paper in a scientific journal Extra Examples The value of data depends on our skill in drawing inferences from it. inferences based on their answers to a number of set questions There are certain inferences we can draw about the origins of language. What inferences can we draw from this data? Topics Opinion and argumentb2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective fair logical reasonable … verb + inference draw make allow … inference + verb be based on something preposition inference about inference from See full entry [uncountable] the act or process of forming an opinion, based on what you already know by inference If he is guilty then, by inference, so is his wife (= it is logical to think so, from the same evidence). Topics Opinion and argumentb2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective fair logical reasonable … verb + inference draw make allow … inference + verb be based on something preposition inference about inference from See full entry Word Originlate 16th cent.: from medieval Latin inferentia, from inferent- ‘bringing in’, from the verb inferre ‘bring in, bring about’ (in medieval Latin ‘deduce’), from in- ‘into’ + ferre ‘bring’.
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