Infer

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The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To conclude from evidence or premises.
  • v. To reason from circumstance; surmise: We can infer that his motive in publishing the diary was less than honorable.
  • v. To lead to as a consequence or conclusion: "Socrates argued that a statue inferred the existence of a sculptorā€ ( Academy).
  • v. To hint; imply.
  • verb-intransitive. To draw inferences.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To show; to manifest; to prove.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To bring on; to induce; to occasion.
  • v. To offer, as violence.
  • v. To bring forward, or employ as an argument; to adduce; to allege; to offer.
  • v. To derive by deduction or by induction; to conclude or surmise from facts or premises; to accept or derive, as a consequence, conclusion, or probability.
  • v. To show; to manifest; to prove.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To bring in, on, or about; lead forward or advance; adduce.
  • To form as an opinion or belief in consequence of something else observed or believed; derive as a fact or consequence, by reasoning of any kind; accept from evidence or premises; conclude.
  • To bear presumption or proof of; imply.
  • To conclude; reach a conclusion by reasoning.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. draw from specific cases for more general cases
  • v. reason by deduction; establish by deduction
  • v. guess correctly; solve by guessing
  • v. conclude by reasoning; in logic
  • v. believe to be the case
  • Verb Form
    infered    inferred    inferring    infers   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    conclude    reason    reason out    believe   
    Cross Reference
    mean    indicate   
    Variant
    inferring    inferred   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    induce    occasion    adduce    allege    offer    show    manifest    prove    conclude    deduce   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Burr    Fleur    Fur    Kerr    Monsieur    Shir    Sir    Spur    Thur    Ur