Dictionary entry details
• INFER (verb)
Meaning:
Reason by deduction; establish by deduction
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
infer; derive; deduce; deduct
Hypernyms (to "infer" is one way to...):
conclude; reason; reason out (decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion)
Domain category:
logic; logical system; system of logic (a system of reasoning)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "infer"):
extrapolate (gain knowledge of (an area not known or experienced) by extrapolating)
carry back (deduct a loss or an unused credit from taxable income for a prior period)
surmise (infer from incomplete evidence)
elicit (derive by reason)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Draw from specific cases for more general cases
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
extrapolate; generalize; generalise; infer
Hypernyms (to "infer" is one way to...):
conclude; reason; reason out (decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "infer"):
overgeneralise; overgeneralize (draw too general a conclusion)
universalise; universalize (make universal)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Conclude by reasoning; in logic
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
deduce; infer
Hypernyms (to "infer" is one way to...):
conclude; reason; reason out (decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Guess correctly; solve by guessing
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
guess; infer
Context example:
He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize
Hypernyms (to "infer" is one way to...):
figure out; lick; puzzle out; solve; work; work out (find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "infer"):
tell (discern or comprehend)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Believe to be the case
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
understand; infer
Context example:
I understand you have no previous experience?
Hypernyms (to "infer" is one way to...):
believe (accept as true; take to be true)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sentence example:
They infer that there was a traffic accident
