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infer
verb
1 infer
Reason by deduction; establish by deduction.
synonyms: deduce, deduct, derive.
Roget 476:
reason,
argue,
discuss,
debate,
dispute,
wrangle†,
argufy†,
bandy words,
bandy arguments;
chop logic;
hold an argument,
carry on an argument;
controvert
etc.
(deny)
536;
canvass;
comment upon,
moralize upon;
spiritualize;
consider
etc.
(examine)
461.
open a discussion,
open a case;
try conclusions;
join issue,
be at issue;
moot;
come to the point;
stir a question,
agitate a question,
ventilate a question,
torture a question;
take up a side,
take up a case.
contend,
take one's stand upon,
insist,
lay stress on;
infer
etc.
480.
follow from
etc.
(demonstration)
478.
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2 infer
Draw from specific cases for more general cases.
synonyms: extrapolate, generalise, generalize.
Dutch: extrapoleren, generaliseren, veralgemenen, veralgemeniseren
3 infer
Conclude by reasoning; in logic.
synonym: deduce.
Dutch: afleiden, deduceren
4 infer
Guess correctly; solve by guessing.
synonym: guess.
5 infer
Believe to be the case.
synonym: understand.
Roget 526:
be latent
etc.
adj.;
lurk,
smolder,
underlie,
make no sign;
escape observation,
escape detection,
escape recognition;
lie hid
etc.
528.
laugh in one's sleeve;
keep back
etc.
(conceal)
528.
involve,
imply,
understand,
allude to,
infer,
leave an inference;
entail;
whisper
etc.
(conceal)
528.
[understand the implication]
read between the lines.
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Dutch: verstaan, geloven, snappen
Moby 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 ... show more.
inferred
Moby thesaurus: accounted as, alleged, assumed, assumptive, conjectured, deemed, given, granted, hinted, implicated, implicit, implied, indicated, intimated, involved, meant, postulated, postulational, premised, presumed, presumptive, presupposed, putative, reputed, suggested, supposed, suppositional, supposititious, suppositive, taken for granted, undeclared, understood, unexpressed, unsaid, unspoken, unuttered, wordless ... show more.
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