Definitions for infer
Overview of verb infer
The verb infer has 5 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (3) deduce, infer, deduct, derive
(reason by deduction; establish by deduction)
2. (1) generalize, generalise, extrapolate, infer
(draw from specific cases for more general cases)
3. deduce, infer
(conclude by reasoning; in logic)
4. guess, infer
(guess correctly; solve by guessing; "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize")
5. understand, infer
(believe to be the case; "I understand you have no previous experience?")
