in ‧ fer AC /ɪnˈfɜː $ -ɜːr/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle inferred , present participle inferring ) [transitive]
[ Word Family: verb : ↑ infer ; noun : ↑ inference ; adverb : ↑ inferentially ; adjective : ↑ inferential ]
[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: inferre , from ferre 'to carry' ]
to form an opinion that something is probably true because of information that you have
infer something from something
A lot can be inferred from these statistics.
infer that
From the evidence, we can infer that the victim knew her killer.