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infer

/ infer /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
believe to be the case
"I understand you have no previous experience?"
Type of:
believe
Usage Patterns:
Something ----s somebody
verb Sense 2
guess correctly; solve by guessing
"He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize"
Type of:
solve work out figure out
Kinds of:
tell
Derived:
guesser
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Something ----s somebody
verb Sense 3
reason by deduction; establish by deduction
Type of:
reason reason out conclude
Kinds of:
extrapolate carry back surmise elicit
Derived:
derivation deduction deductive reasoning synthesis inference
Usage Patterns:
Something ----s somebody
Domain:
logic logical system system of logic
verb Sense 4
conclude by reasoning; in logic
Type of:
reason reason out conclude
Derived:
inference illation deduction deductive reasoning synthesis
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Something ----s somebody
verb Sense 5
draw from specific cases for more general cases
Type of:
reason reason out conclude
Kinds of:
overgeneralize overgeneralise universalize universalise
Derived:
inference illation extrapolation abstraction generalization
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Something ----s somebody
Semantic Complexity
49%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
38
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

believe solve work out figure out tell reason reason out conclude extrapolate carry back surmise elicit