English verb: infer | |||
1. | infer (cognition) reason by deduction; establish by deduction | ||
Synonyms | deduce, deduct, derive | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
Broader (hypernym) | conclude, reason, reason out | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | elicit, extrapolate, surmise | ||
Domain category | logic, logical system, system of logic | ||
2. | infer (communication) draw from specific cases for more general cases | ||
Synonyms | extrapolate, generalise, generalize | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
Broader (hypernym) | conclude, reason, reason out | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | overgeneralise, overgeneralize, universalise, universalize | ||
3. | infer (communication) conclude by reasoning; in logic | ||
Synonyms | deduce | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
Broader (hypernym) | conclude, reason, reason out | ||
4. | infer (cognition) guess correctly; solve by guessing | ||
Samples | He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize. | ||
Synonyms | guess | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
Broader (hypernym) | figure out, lick, puzzle out, solve, work, work out | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | tell | ||
5. | infer (cognition) believe to be the case | ||
Samples | I understand you have no previous experience?. | ||
Examples | They infer that there was a traffic accident | ||
Synonyms | understand | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
Broader (hypernym) | believe | ||