infer

Definition

Examples

From the report, we can infer that sales will continue to rise.

Word Family

Synonyms

• deducereason by deduction; establish by deduction
• concludedecide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion
• surmisea message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

Collocations

• Easy infer from context
  to infer from context, meaning to reason by deduction; establish by deduction
• Medium infer user intent from queries
  to infer user intent from queries, meaning to reason by deduction; establish by deduction
• Hard infer causality from econometric data
  to infer causality from econometric data, meaning to reason by deduction; establish by deduction
• Very Hard hazardous to infer generalizations
  describing hazardous to infer generalizations (involving risk or danger)