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infer

Transitive Verb

Meanings

Transitive Verb

[~ something from something][~ that something]

To reach a conclusion about something based on evidence and reasoning rather than explicit statements.

"From the evidence presented, the jury was able to infer that the defendant had a motive for the crime."

Transitive Verb

[~ something]

To deduce or conclude information from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements.

"The researchers infer a correlation between the two variables based on the data collected."

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