infer
IPA: ɪnfˈɝ
verb
- (transitive) To introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence.
- (transitive, often proscribed) To lead to (something) as a consequence; to imply.
- (obsolete) To cause, inflict (something) upon or to someone.
- (obsolete) To introduce (a subject) in speaking, writing etc.; to bring in, to adduce.
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Examples of "infer" in Sentences
- As one might infer from the title, the US President is involved.
- I infer from the question that this is purely and simply a coyote rifle.
- Am I to infer from the video that Phil shot at those duck decoy with the slingshot!
- I cannot infer from the opinion in Green that this statute had even been enacted when Burns was decided in1872.
- Who decides whether it's acceptable to end a sentence with a preposition or to use the word "infer" as a synonym for "imply"?
- Consequently, it is wrong to infer from the risk-free rate that there is no constraint on borrowing or that the rate of return on capital investment is negative.
- It is simpleminded to infer from the rate at which intermarriage was increasing in one decade and the rate it was increasing in the subsequent decade that a fall off must reflect an unfavorable “trend” with respect to progress toward greater interracial harmony.
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