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Infer Inferred People Verb Case Decide True Basis

word infer
definition
verb
If you infer that something is the case, you decide that it is true on the basis of information that you already have.
I inferred from what she said that you have not been well.
By measuring the motion of the galaxies in a cluster, astronomers can infer the cluster's mass.
Some people use infer to mean 'imply', but many people consider this use to be incorrect .
The police inferred that they found her behaviour rather suspicious.
inflections infersinferringinferred
cefr-level B2

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