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indication
English
Etymology
From Old French indication, from Latin indic?ti? (“a showing, indicating the value of something; valuation”), from indic? (“point out, indicate, show; value”); see indicate; confer French indication, Spanish indicación, Italian indicazione.Morphologically indicate +? -ion
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?nd??ke???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
indication (countable and uncountable, plural indications)
- Act of pointing out or indicating.
- That which serves to indicate or point out; mark; token; sign; symptom; evidence.
- September 9, 1713, Joseph Addison, The Guardian volume 156
- The frequent stops they make in the most convenient places are plain indications of their weariness.
- September 9, 1713, Joseph Addison, The Guardian volume 156
- Discovery made; information.
- (obsolete) Explanation; display. (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
- (medicine) Any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which serves to direct to suitable remedies.
- (finance) An declared approximation of the price at which a traded security is likely to commence trading.
Related terms
- index
- indicate
- indicator
- indicative
Translations
Further reading
- indication in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- indication in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
From Latin indic?ti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.di.ka.sj??/
Noun
indication f (plural indications)
- direction, instruction
- indication, sign
- indication, information
- a hint
Related terms
- indiquer
Further reading
- “indication” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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inference
English
Etymology
Morphologically infer +? -ence.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??n.f?.??ns/, [???.f?.??ns], [???.f??ns]
Noun
inference (countable and uncountable, plural inferences)
- (uncountable) The act or process of inferring by deduction or induction.
- (countable) That which is inferred; a truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true; a conclusion; a deduction.
Hyponyms
Translations
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??nf?r?nt?s?]
Noun
inference f
- inference
Synonyms
- usuzování
Related terms
- See oferta
Further reading
- inference in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- inference in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
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