INFER


Meaning of INFER in English

(~s, ~ring, ~red)

1.

If you ~ that something is the case, you decide that it is true on the basis of information that you already have.

I ~red from what she said that you have not been well...

By measuring the motion of the galaxies in a cluster, astronomers can ~ the cluster’s mass.

= deduce

VERB: V that, V n

2.

Some people use ~ to mean ‘imply’, but many people consider this use to be incorrect.

The police ~red that they found her behaviour rather suspicious.

VERB: V that

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