Meaning

4 senses

  1. (transitive)To introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence.

    schlussfolgern, folgern, schließen

    заключи́тьzaključítʹ, сде́лать заключе́ниеsdélatʹ zaključénije, сде́лать вы́водsdélatʹ vývod

    робити висновокrobyty vysnovok

    conclude by reasoning; in logic

  2. (often, proscribed, transitive)To lead to (something) as a consequence; to imply.

    a. 1535, Thomas More, letter to Fryth the fyrste parte is not the proofe of the second. but rather contrarywyse the seconde inferreth well yͤ fyrst.

    zur Folge haben

    предполага́тьpredpolagátʹ, предположи́тьpredpoložítʹ, дога́дыватьсяdogádyvatʹsja

  3. (obsolete)To cause, inflict (something) upon or to someone.

  4. (obsolete)To introduce (a subject) in speaking, writing etc.; to bring in, to adduce.

Examples

13 sentences

  1. What are you inferring?

    ruТы на что намекаешь? — Ooneykcall

    deWas leiten Sie daraus ab? — Yorwba

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  2. What can you infer from these observations?

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  3. What do you infer from her strange behavior?

    deWas schließt du aus ihrem unnormalen Betragen? — xtofu80

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  4. Astronomers inferred the existence of a local supercluster.

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  5. She inferred from his silence that he was angry.

    ruПо его молчанию она поняла, что он зол. — snailp4el

    deSie entnahm seinem Schweigen, dass er wütend war. — Yorwba

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence:
Русский
By meaning 2
to introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence:
to lead to as a consequence:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence:
to lead to as a consequence:

Origin

From Latin inferō, from Latin in- (“in, at, on; into”) + Latin ferō (“bear, carry; suffer”

From Latin inferō, from Latin in- (“in, at, on; into”) + Latin ferō (“bear, carry; suffer”) (cognate to Old English beran, whence English bear), from Proto-Italic *ferō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti (“to bear, carry”), from the root *bʰer-. Literally “carry forward”, equivalent to “bear in”, as in concluding from a premise. Doublet of inbear.

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Forms

infers, inferring, inferred, inferred
Base forminfer · to infer
3rd person singularinfers
Present participleinferring
Past simpleinferred
Past participleinferred

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyinfer
he, she, itinfers

Past simpleLesson

all personsinferred

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave inferred
he, she, ithas inferred

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill infer

Synonyms

14 synonyms
concludeB1deduceB2implyB2suggestA2educeconstrueentail
Close in meaning

Word family

11 related words
Relatedillationillativeinference
Derivedinferabilityinferableinferralinferrermisinferreinfersubinferuninferant

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
infectB2infectionB1infectiousB2inferenceB2inferiorinferiority
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