Defenition of the word infer
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Defenition of the word infer
- To reach a conclusion by applying rules of logic to given premises.
- To conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence.
- conclude by reasoning; in logic
- reason by deduction; establish by deduction
- draw from specific cases for more general cases
- guess correctly; solve by guessing
- believe to be the case; "I understand you have no previous experience?"
- guess correctly; solve by guessing; "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize"
- believe to be the case
Synonyms for the word infer
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- deduce
- deduct
- derive
- extrapolate
- gather
- generalise
- generalize
- guess
- understand
Hyponyms for the word infer
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- carry back
- elicit
- extrapolate
- overgeneralise
- overgeneralize
- surmise
- tell
- universalise
- universalize
Hypernyms for the word infer
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- believe
- conclude
- figure out
- lick
- puzzle out
- reason
- reason out
- solve
- work
- work out
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