transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪnfɜ:(r) ]
( infers, inferring, inferred)
1.
If you infer that something is the case, you decide that it is true on the basis of information that you already have.
I inferred from what she said that you have not been well...
By measuring the motion of the galaxies in a cluster, astronomers can infer the cluster’s mass.
= deduce
VERB : V that , V n
2.
Some people use infer to mean ‘imply’, but many people consider this use to be incorrect.
The police inferred that they found her behaviour rather suspicious.
VERB : V that