Infer

Verb

 * 1)  To introduce (a subject) in speaking, writing etc.; to bring in.
 * 2)  To introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence.
 * 3) * 2010, "Keep calm, but don't carry on", The Economist, 7 Oct 2010:
 * It is dangerous to infer too much from martial bluster in British politics: at the first hint of trouble, channelling Churchill is a default tactic for beleaguered leaders of all sorts.
 * 1)  To draw a conclusion or inference by reasoning.
 * 2)  To lead to (something) as a consequence; to imply. (Now often considered incorrect, especially with a person as subject.)
 * 3) * 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.3:
 * These and a thousand like propositions, which concurre in this purpose, do evidently inferre some thing beyond patient expecting of death it selfe to be suffered in this life [...].

Synonyms

 * assume, conclude, deduce

Related terms

 * inferable
 * inference

Adverbs for Infer
hastily; carelessly; vaguely; unfoundedly;unreasonably; absurdly; rationally; irreslstibiy; confidently.

Thesaurus
allegorize, allude to, analyze, apply reason, assume, be afraid, believe, bring to mind, collect, conceive, conclude, connote, consider, daresay, deduce, deduct, deem, derive, divine, dope, draw, draw a conclusion, draw an inference, dream, entail, expect, extract, fancy, feel, fetch, find, gather, generalize, glean, grant, guess, hint, hypothesize, imagine, implicate, imply, import, induce, insinuate, intellectualize, intimate, involve, let, let be, logicalize, logicize, mean, mean to say, opine, philosophize, point indirectly to, prefigure, presume, presuppose, presurmise, provide a rationale, provisionally accept, rationalize, reason, reason that, reckon, repute, say, suggest, suppose, surmise, suspect, syllogize, synthesize, take, take as proved, take for, take for granted, take it, take to be, theorize, think, understand, use reason

Etymology
From inferō.

Translations

 * French:
 * Hungarian: kikövetkeztet, dedukál
 * Italian:


 * Polish: wnioskować, dedukować
 * Romanian: ,


 * Dutch:
 * Polish: wnioskować


 * Romanian:, concluziona
 * Russian:, заключать


 * Czech:
 * Finnish: päätellä (1,2), tehdä johtopäätös (1,2)
 * French:
 * Hungarian: kikövetkeztet


 * Icelandic: álykta (1), að gefa í skyn (2)
 * Japanese: 推量する
 * Norwegian: utlede, konkludere, slutte (1), anta, tenke, spekulere (2)
 * Spanish: ,

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