Usually means: Deduce information from evidence given.
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We found 37 dictionaries that define the word infer:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. infer: Merriam-Webster
  2. infer: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. infer: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. infer: Collins English Dictionary
  5. infer: Vocabulary.com
  6. Infer, infer: Wordnik
  7. infer: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. infer: Wiktionary
  9. infer: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. infer: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. infer: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. infer: Dictionary.com
  13. infer: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. infer: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Infer: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Infer: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. infer: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. infer: Rhymezone
  19. infer: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. infer: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. infer: FreeDictionary.org
  22. infer: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. infer: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. infer: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. infer-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. infer: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  4. infer: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. infer: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. infer: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sound-Alike Words (No longer online)
  2. INFER: Acronym Finder
  3. infer: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. infer: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See inferable as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive) To introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence.
verb:  (transitive, often proscribed) To lead to (something) as a consequence; to imply.
verb:  (obsolete) To cause, inflict (something) upon or to someone.
verb:  (obsolete) To introduce (a subject) in speaking, writing etc.; to bring in, to adduce.

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