infer
Verb
Verb Forms: inferred, inferring, infers
- To deduce or conclude information from evidence and reasoning.
- reason by deduction; establish by deduction
- draw from specific cases for more general cases
- conclude by reasoning; in logic
- guess correctly; solve by guessing
- believe to be the case
- To introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence.
- To lead to (something) as a consequence; to imply.
- To cause, inflict (something) upon or to someone.
- To introduce (a subject) in speaking, writing etc.; to bring in, to adduce.
Examples
- You can INFER your opponent’s letters by observing their defensive plays.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin inferō, from Latin in- (“in, at, on; into”) + Latin ferō (“bear, carry; suffer”) (cognate to Old English beran, whence English bear), from Proto-Italic *ferō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti (“to bear, carry”), from the root *bʰer-. Literally “carry forward”, equivalent to “bear in”, as in concluding from a premise. Doublet of inbear.
Synonyms
deduce, deduct, derive, extrapolate, generalise, generalize, guess, understand, conclude, construe, educe, entail, imply, suggest
Scrabble Score: 8
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