infer /in'fә:/
Meaning
English definition
- (v.) reason by deduction; establish by deduction
- (v.) draw from specific cases for more general cases
- (v.) conclude by reasoning; in logic
Chinese translation
- vt. 推论出, 推断
- vi. 作推论
Word details
- Part of speech
- verb
- Pronunciation
- /in'fә:/
- Syllables
- 2
- Exam levels
- CET-4 · CET-6 · Postgraduate exam · TOEFL · GRE
- Frequency
- Zipf 3.16 · Super Super Rare
Word forms
inferred, inferring, infers
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Related words
infection · infectious · inferior · infect · inference · inferiority · infertile · infest
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