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Verb infer has 5 senses
- deduce, infer, deduct, derive - reason by deduction; establish by deduction
--1 is one way to reason, reason out, conclude
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- generalize, generalise, extrapolate, infer - draw from specific cases for more general cases
--2 is one way to reason, reason out, conclude
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- deduce, infer - conclude by reasoning; in logic
--3 is one way to reason, reason out, conclude
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- guess, infer - guess correctly; solve by guessing; "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize"
--4 is one way to solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- understand, infer - believe to be the case; "I understand you have no previous experience?"
--5 is one way to believe
Sample sentence:
They infer that there was a traffic accident
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