inferencing
/ (ˈɪnfərənsɪŋ) /
noun
psycholinguistics the practice of inferring the meaning of an unfamiliar word or expression from the meaning of familiar words occurring with it in a context together with one's knowledge of or beliefs about the world
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Nearby words
- infecund,
- infelicitous,
- infelicity,
- infer,
- inference,
- inferential,
- inferential statistics,
- inferentially,
- inferior,
- inferior alveolar nerve
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