infer
11infer — verb (inferred; inferring) Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French inferer, from Latin inferre, literally, to carry or bring into, from in + ferre to carry more at bear Date: 1528 transitive verb 1. to derive as a conclusion from facts… …
12infer — v. 1) (D; tr.) to infer from (to infer a conclusion from the facts) 2) (L) I infer that my proposal has been accepted 3) (Q) we had to infer what she meant * * * [ɪn fɜː] (L) I infer that my proposal has been accepted (Q) we had to infer what she …
13infer — 01. They were able to [infer] from her sad look that she didn t get the job. 02. We [inferred] from the negative comments she had made that the project would be canceled. 03. People try to [infer] all kinds of things from my writing, but most of… …
14infer — verb inferred, inferring (T) to form an opinion that something is probably true because of other information that you already know: infer sth from: facts that can be inferred from archaeological data | infer that: It would be wrong to infer that… …
15infer — verb is it really possible to infer that a crime was committed, given this flimsy evidence? Syn: deduce, conclude, conjecture, surmise, reason, interpret; gather, understand, presume, assume, take it, extrapolate; read between the lines, figure… …
16infer */ — UK [ɪnˈfɜː(r)] / US [ɪnˈfɜr] verb [transitive] Word forms infer : present tense I/you/we/they infer he/she/it infers present participle inferring past tense inferred past participle inferred formal to form an opinion about something that is based …
17infer — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. gather, reason, deduce, conclude, opine; presume; construe. See reasoning. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To reach a conclusion] Syn. conclude, deduce, gather, judge, come to the conclusion that, draw the… …
18infer — inferable, inferible, inferrible, adj. inferably, adv. inferrer, n. /in ferr /, v., inferred, inferring. v.t. 1. to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence: They inferred his displeasure from his cool tone of voice. 2.… …
19infer — verb ADVERB ▪ reasonably ▪ correctly, incorrectly ▪ directly, indirectly VERB + INFER ▪ can …
20infer — in|fer [ınˈfə: US ə:r] v past tense and past participle inferred present participle inferring [T] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: inferre, from ferre to carry ] to form an opinion that something is probably true because of information that you …
