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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 | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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