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inference

noun

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A conclusion reached from evidence or reasoning rather than stated directly.

Her inference about the ending came from several clues in the opening scene.

Dictionary practice example.

Back at the newsroom, the journalist's analysis compared the message times, entrance log, and two witnesses' accounts. She marked one inference carefully: because the driver asked for entry, he probably did not have a working access code.

From What the Evidence Supports.

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