inferverb [ T ]
uk/ɪnˈfɜːr/us/-ˈfɝː/-rr- formalC2 to form an opinion or guess that something is true because of the information that you have:
What do you infer from her refusal?
[ + that ] I inferred from her expression that she wanted to leave.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Concluding and deducing
- analysis
- deduce
- deduction
- diagnosis
- exclude
- extrapolate
- gather
- in the last/final analysis idiom
- induction
- inductive
- inference
- must
- perceive
- put
- put sth down to sth
- put two and two together idiom
- reason
- syllogism
- two
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