illation en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɪˈleɪʃ(ə)n/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /əˈleɪʃ(ə)n/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Latin illātiō (“logical inference, deduction, conclusion”), from illātus, perfect passive participle of inferō (“carry or bring into somewhere; conclude”), from in + ferō (“bear, carry; suffer”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The act of inferring or concluding, especially from a set of premises; a conclusion, a deduction.
Adriaan moved to Pierce’s American illation whereby an if begets a therefore, event by event, the javelin’s flight issuing from the web of contingencies in which we may locate the javelin and the javelineer […]
1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!:Now herein there seems to be a very erroneous Illation: from the Indulgence of God unto Cain, concluding an immunity unto himself […]
1650, Thomas Browne, chapter I, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC, 1st book, page 2:it so orders the intermediate Ideas, as to discover what Connection there is in each Link of the Chain, whereby the Extreams are held together; and thereby, as it were, to draw into View the Truth sought for, which is what we call Illation or Inference […]
1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| illations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
Synonyms
verdict · choice · take · judgement/judgment · determination · sight · censure · opinion · ergotism · inference · mind · illation · deduction · conclusion · ergotism · award · result · determination · decision · verdict · view
Translations (19)
pl dedukcja (action of concluding or inferring) · pt ilação (action of concluding or inferring) · ru вы́вод (action of concluding or inferring) · ru умозаключе́ние (action of concluding or inferring) · fr illation (action of concluding or inferring) · bg заключение (action of concluding or inferring) · hy մտահանգում (action of concluding or inferring) · cmn 推論 /推论 (action of concluding or inferring) · bg извод (action of concluding or inferring) · de Herleitung (action of concluding or inferring) · hu következtetés (action of concluding or inferring) · pl indukcja (action of concluding or inferring) · ru заключе́ние (action of concluding or inferring) · cmn 推定 (action of concluding or inferring) · ja 推定 (action of concluding or inferring) · es deducción (action of concluding or inferring) · de Schlussfolgerung (action of concluding or inferring) · hy եզրահանգում (action of concluding or inferring) · cmn 演繹 /演绎 (action of concluding or inferring)