Apedia

People Infer Inferred Imply Incorrect I Police Found

query
Some people use i____ to mean 'imply', but many people consider this use to be incorrect .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.
word infer
full-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

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2

Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.

Next card: Damage inflicted harm means make suffer inflict inflicting

Previous card: Influence good people influenced power make agree i

Up to card list: Oxford 5000 Word List ft. Collins (English)