in‧fer AC /ɪnˈfɜː $ -ɜːr/ verb (past tense and past participle inferred, present participle inferring) [TRANSITIVE] [Word Family: verb: infer; noun: inference; adverb: inferentially; adjective: inferential] [date : 1500-1600; Language : Latin; Origin : inferre, from ferre 'to carry'] to form an opinion that something is probably true because of information that you have infer something from something ▪ A lot can be inferred from these statistics. infer that ▪ From the evidence, we can infer that the victim knew her killer.
verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ADVERB only ▪ For the other families, however, association with the duke can be inferredonly from grants made after his accession. ▪ The date of these events can be inferredonly by the episcopal chronology of the bishops of the eastern Angles. NOUN fact ▪ Negligence may be inferred from the fact that the product left the manufacturer in a defective state. ▪ But he couldn't infer the facts of consciousness. EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ From archaeological evidence we can reasonably infer that these people used stone cutting tools. ▪ From this, astronomers can infer the presence of many more "black holes". ▪ It is easy to infer that the marriage was not a very happy one. ▪ It seems reasonable to infer that the cause was not sabotage but a simple accident. ▪ We can infer from the archaeological evidence that there was slavery in Carthage.
in‧fer AC /ɪnˈfɜː $ -ɜːr/ verb (past tense and past participle inferred, present participle inferring) [TRANSITIVE] 