infer from something

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• infer — infer, imply 1. The only point noted by Fowler (1926) was that the inflected forms of infer are inferred and inferring, and this is thankfully still true (but note inferable or inferrable, with one r or two, and inference with only one r). Fowler …   Modern English usage

• infer — [in fʉr′] vt. inferred, inferring [L inferre, to bring or carry in, infer < in , in + ferre, to carry, BEAR1] 1. Obs. to bring on or about; cause; induce 2. to conclude or decide from something known or assumed; derive by reasoning; draw as a… …   English World dictionary

• infer */ — UK [ɪnˈfɜː(r)] / US [ɪnˈfɜr] verb [transitive] Word forms infer : present tense I/you/we/they infer he/she/it infers present participle inferring past tense inferred past participle inferred formal to form an opinion about something that is based …   English dictionary

• infer — in|fer [ ın fɜr ] verb transitive FORMAL * to form an opinion about something that is based on information you already have: infer something from something: A link between the two conditions can be inferred from previous studies. infer (that):… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• infer — verb is it really possible to infer that a crime was committed, given this flimsy evidence? Syn: deduce, conclude, conjecture, surmise, reason, interpret; gather, understand, presume, assume, take it, extrapolate; read between the lines, figure… …   Thesaurus of popular words

• infer — [[t]ɪnfɜ͟ː(r)[/t]] infers, inferring, inferred 1) VERB If you infer that something is the case, you decide that it is true on the basis of information that you already have. [V that] I inferred from what she said that you have not been well... [V …   English dictionary

• infer — To reason and conclude from a known fact. Derived from the Latin word inferre, compounded of in, meaning from, and ferre, to carry or bring; so, its strict meaning is to bring a result or conclusion from something back of it; that is, from some… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• infer — infer, deduce, conclude, judge, gather are comparable when they mean to arrive at by reasoning from evidence or from premises. All except gather are so clearly differentiated in logical use that these distinctions tend to be retained in general… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• infer — verb inferred, inferring (T) to form an opinion that something is probably true because of other information that you already know: infer sth from: facts that can be inferred from archaeological data | infer that: It would be wrong to infer that… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• infer — verb (infers, inferring, inferred) deduce from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements. Derivatives inferable (also inferrable) adjective Origin C15 (in the sense bring about, inflict ): from L. inferre bring in, bring about …   English new terms dictionary

• infer — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. gather, reason, deduce, conclude, opine; presume; construe. See reasoning. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To reach a conclusion] Syn. conclude, deduce, gather, judge, come to the conclusion that, draw the… …   English dictionary for students