verb
- to form an opinion or reach a conclusion based on evidence and reasoning
Examples
- From the dark clouds, we can infer that it will rain soon.
- The detective inferred the suspect’s guilt from the evidence.
- What can you infer about the character’s feelings from this passage?
- Scientists infer the age of fossils using carbon dating.
- Her silence led me to infer that she disagreed with the plan.
- The data allows us to infer trends in consumer behavior.