INFER


Meaning of INFER in English

verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

only

For the other families, however, association with the duke can be inferred only from grants made after his accession.

The date of these events can be inferred only by the episcopal chronology of the bishops of the eastern Angles.

■ NOUN

fact

Negligence may be inferred from the fact that the product left the manufacturer in a defective state.

But he couldn't infer the facts of consciousness.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

From archaeological evidence we can reasonably infer that these people used stone cutting tools.

From this, astronomers can infer the presence of many more "black holes".

It is easy to infer that the marriage was not a very happy one.

It seems reasonable to infer that the cause was not sabotage but a simple accident.

We can infer from the archaeological evidence that there was slavery in Carthage.

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