Usually means: Deduce information from evidence given.
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We found 35 dictionaries that define the word infer:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. infer: Merriam-Webster.com
  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: Free Dictionary
  22. infer: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. infer: Dictionary/thesaurus

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

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. 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

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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.

Similar:
extrapolate, understand, derive, deduce, generalize, deduct, guess, generalise, gather, conclude, more...

Opposite:
imply

Types:
suggest, imply, hint, indicate, point to, show, more...

Phrases:
infer from available data, opposite of infer, infer from incomplete evidence, easy to infer, infer from complete evidence, more...

Adjectives:
many, first, false, countless, little, such, public, plausible, critical, general, statistical

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Similar:
extrapolate, understand, derive, deduce, generalize, deduct, guess, generalise, gather, conclude, more...

Opposite:
imply

Types:
suggest, imply, hint, indicate, point to, show, more...

Phrases:
infer from available data, opposite of infer, infer from incomplete evidence, easy to infer, infer from complete evidence, more...

Adjectives:
many, first, false, countless, little, such, public, plausible, critical, general, statistical

Colors:
    red,     crimson,     scarlet,     burgundy,     maroon, more...



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