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Meaning of 'infer'
Meaning of 'infer' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Infer 
[ v. t.]
- To bring on; to induce; to occasion. [ v. t.]- To offer, as violence.
- To bring forward, or employ as an argument; to adduce; to allege; to offer.
- To derive by deduction or by induction; to conclude or surmise from facts or premises; to accept or derive, as a consequence, conclusion, or probability; to imply; as, I inferred his determination from his silence.
- To show; to manifest; to prove.
Meaning of 'infer' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. infer [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- guess correctly; solve by guessing
- guess correctly; solve by guessing
Example in sentence:
- He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize
Meaning (2):
- believe to be the case
- believe to be the case
Example in sentence:
- I understand you have no previous experience?
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