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Word: Infer
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late 15th century (in the sense ‘bring about, inflict’): from Latin inferre ‘bring in, bring about’ (in medieval Latin ‘deduce’), from in- ‘into’ + ferre ‘bring’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɪnˈfəː
Dialects: British English
Definition:
deduce or conclude (something) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
Short Definition:deduce or conclude something from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
Examples:- it is possible to infer a trend from the figures
- the position of the gate can be inferred from the lines of the streets
- from these facts we can infer that crime has been increasing
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