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• draw an inference — draw a conclusion/an inference/ phrase to decide what to believe about something after you have considered the facts Readers are invited to draw their own conclusions from the report. Thesaurus: to form an opinion, or to have an ideasynonym… …   Useful english dictionary

• Inference — is the act or process of deriving a conclusion based solely on what one already knows. Inference is studied within several different fields. * Human inference (i.e. how humans draw conclusions) is traditionally studied within the field of… …   Wikipedia

• draw — [drô] vt. drew, drawn, drawing [ME drawen < OE dragan, akin to ON draga, to drag, Ger tragen, to bear, carry < IE base * dherāgh , to pull, draw along > L trahere, to pull, draw] I indicating traction 1. to make move toward one or along… …   English World dictionary

• inference — n. 1) to draw, make an inference from 2) an invalid; valid inference 3) an inference that + clause (we made the inference that she had been wrongly accused) * * * [ ɪnf(ə)rəns] make an inference from valid inference an invalid to draw an… …   Combinatory dictionary

• inference */ — UK [ˈɪnf(ə)rəns] / US [ˈɪnfərəns] noun Word forms inference : singular inference plural inferences a) [countable] an opinion that you form about something that is based on information you already have inference from: It s impossible to make… …   English dictionary

• inference — in|fer|ence [ ınfərəns ] noun * count an opinion you form about something that is based on information you already have: inference from: It s impossible to make inferences from such a small sample. make/draw inferences: They hope to draw… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• inference — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fair, logical, reasonable, valid ▪ obvious VERB + INFERENCE ▪ draw, make …   Collocations dictionary

• inference — in·fer·ence / in fə rəns/ n 1: the act or process of inferring; specif: the act of passing from one proposition, statement, or judgment considered as true to another whose truth is believed to follow logically from that of the former 2: something …   Law dictionary

• draw — ► VERB (past drew; past part. drawn) 1) produce (a picture or diagram) by making lines and marks on paper. 2) produce (a line) on a surface. 3) pull or drag (a vehicle) so as to make it follow behind. 4) pull or move in a specified direction. 5)… …   English terms dictionary

• draw a conclusion — draw a conclusion/an inference/ phrase to decide what to believe about something after you have considered the facts Readers are invited to draw their own conclusions from the report. Thesaurus: to form an opinion, or to have an ideasynonym… …   Useful english dictionary

• Leibniz (from) to Kant — From Leibniz to Kant Lewis White Beck INTRODUCTION Had Kant not lived, German philosophy between the death of Leibniz in 1716 and the end of the eighteenth century would have little interest for us, and would remain largely unknown. In Germany… …   History of philosophy