päättely — meaning in English
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English meaning
- collection noun A group of things gathered together, often assembled with care or over time.
- deduction noun An amount subtracted from a total, such as from wages or taxable income.
- inference noun A conclusion reached by reasoning from evidence rather than being told directly.
- judgment noun The ability to make sensible decisions; good sense.
- rationalization noun The process or result of rationalizing, or expressing in rational terms.
- speculation noun A guess or theory formed without firm evidence.
Senses
päättely is used for these senses in English:
- collection (obsolete) The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred.
- deduction (logic) A process of reasoning that moves from the general to the specific, in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the premises presented, so that the conclusion cannot be false if the premises are true.
- inference (uncountable) The act or process of inferring by deduction or induction.
- judgment (legal) The act of determining, as in courts of law, what is conformable to law and justice; also, the determination, decision, or sentence of a court, or of a judge.
- rationalization (now, rare) The process or result of rationalizing, or expressing in rational terms.
- speculation (philosophy) The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.
collection — full definition
- noun A group of things gathered together, often assembled with care or over time.
- noun The act of gathering something, such as money or data.
deduction — full definition
- noun An amount subtracted from a total, such as from wages or taxable income.
- noun A conclusion reached through logical reasoning, moving from general principles to a specific result; also the reasoning process itself.