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in·fer
 infer
- pronunciation:
- ihn
fuhr
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
inferred, inferring, infers |
| definition: |
to conclude or determine on the basis of evidence or logical premises.
I inferred his motives from the manner in which he made his request.Seeing the large number of books in her room, I inferred that she was an avid reader.- synonyms:
- conclude, deduce, derive, determine, draw
- similar words:
- calculate, conjecture, deduct, figure, gather, guess, judge, reason, reckon, surmise
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| related words: |
glean, postulate, suppose, suspect, take, think, understand |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to derive a conclusion from facts or logical premises; draw an inference.
You won't be given all the information you need directly, so you'll need to infer.- synonyms:
- reason
- similar words:
- calculate, conclude, conjecture, guess, judge, read between the lines, surmise
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| related words: |
suspect |
| derivations: |
inferable (adj.), inferably (adv.), inferrer (n.) |
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