What inferences have you drawn from this evidence?inferencein‧fer‧ence /ˈɪnfərəns/ ●○○ AWL noun 
What inferences have you drawn from this evidence?2[uncountable] when someone infers somethingby inference He was portrayed as a hero and, by inference, Thompson as the villain.—inferential /ˌɪnfəˈrenʃəl◂/ adjective: inferential evidence—inferentially adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY What inferences have you drawn from this evidence?COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
What inferences have you drawn from this evidence?· In each study, contextual description is used in an effort to make larger inferences about the process of democratic transition.
NOUN· This, under the control of the inference engine, forms the system nucleus.· Typically an expert system consists of a piece of software called an inference engine and another piece called a knowledge base.· Each combination of the inference engine with a knowledge base becomes a unique expert system.· The inference engine is generic, and it handles the logistics of a consultation.
VERB· In the former, the researcher can draw very strong inferences from comparisons between randomized groups.· Fujisaki will probably rule next week on whether defense lawyers can draw a more sinister inference from the delay during closing arguments.· Second, it is more difficult to draw strong inferences from these data since they can not be subjected to statistical analysis.· But the defense clearly hopes that jurors will draw that inference.· The chapter outlines each method and discusses how each is useful for drawing inferences.· Would a reasonable occupier have drawn the inference that there was a danger and that the presence of the trespasser was likely.· Comparing many countries is the best method for drawing inferences that have more global applicability.· These problems were outlined not to paralyse comparative researchers, but to highlight possible sources of bias in drawing valid inferences.
· Questions about the validity of making inferences from a small number of cases have been asked, for example.· But without such knowledge, the reader is required to focus on the language and make considerable efforts of inference.· We must make inferences about the health status of the survivors from these data.· Additionally, human readers are able to make a multitude of inferences about the sentences within a discourse.· Similarly we can only make inferences about the nature of learning from observing these changes.· A subsidiary aim of the project is to make available for discussion the methodology of making sociological inferences from such texts.· In each study, contextual description is used in an effort to make larger inferences about the process of democratic transition.· Once they had made their inferences they tended to use any manpower they had to follow them up.
WORD FAMILYnouninferenceadjectiveinferentialverbinferadverbinferentially
1[countable] something that you think is true, based on information that you havedraw/make inferences (about/from something) What inferences have you drawn from this evidence?2[uncountable] when someone infers somethingby inference He was portrayed as a hero and, by inference, Thompson as the villain.—inferential /ˌɪnfəˈrenʃəl◂/ adjective: inferential evidence—inferentially adverb