Definition of infer Infer
/ɪnfɚˈ/ - [infer] - in•fer
We found 15 definitions of infer from 6 different sources.
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What does infer mean?
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| infer - reason by deduction; establish by deduction | ||
| deduce, deduct, derive | ||
| reason out, reason, conclude think logically; "The children must learn to reason" | ||
| logical system, system of logic, logic reasoned and reasonable judgment; "it made a certain kind of logic" | ||
| extrapolate gain knowledge of (an area not known or experienced) by extrapolating | ||
| surmise infer from incomplete evidence | ||
| elicit derive by reason; "elicit a solution" | ||
| infer - draw from specific cases for more general cases | ||
| generalize, generalise, extrapolate | ||
| reason out, reason, conclude think logically; "The children must learn to reason" | ||
| overgeneralise, overgeneralize draw too general a conclusion; "It is dangerous to overgeneralize" | ||
| universalise, universalize make universal; "This author's stories universalize old themes" | ||
| infer - conclude by reasoning; in logic | ||
| deduce | ||
| reason out, reason, conclude think logically; "The children must learn to reason" | ||
| infer - guess correctly; solve by guessing; "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize" | ||
| guess | ||
| figure out, puzzle out, solve, lick, work out, work find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of; "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the math problem" | ||
| tell discern or comprehend; "He could tell that she was unhappy" | ||
| infer - believe to be the case; "I understand you have no previous experience?" | ||
| understand | ||
| believe accept as true; take to be true; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- infer (v. t.)
To bring on; to induce; to occasion. - infer (v. t.)
To offer, as violence. - infer (v. t.)
To bring forward, or employ as an argument; to adduce; to allege; to offer. - infer (v. t.)
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; to imply; as, I inferred his determination from his silence. - infer (v. t.)
To show; to manifest; to prove.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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infer
To reach a conclusion by applying rules of logic to given premises. -
infer
To conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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infer
in-fėr′, v.t. to deduce, to derive, as a consequence: to prove or imply.—v.i. to conclude:—pr.p. infer′ring; pa.p. inferred′.—adjs. Infer′able, Infer′rible, that may be inferred or deduced.—n. In′ference, that which is inferred or deduced: the act of drawing a conclusion from premises, conclusion, consequence.—adj. Inferen′tial, deducible or deduced by inference.—adv. Inferen′tially. [Fr.,—L. inferre—in, into, ferre, to bring.]
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🔤- infer, verb, present, 1st person singular of infer (infinitive).
- infer, verb (infinitive).
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