understand, infer
(verb) believe to be the case; “I understand you have no previous experience?”
guess, infer
(verb) guess correctly; solve by guessing; “He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize”
deduce, infer, deduct, derive
(verb) reason by deduction; establish by deduction
deduce, infer
(verb) conclude by reasoning; in logic
generalize, generalise, extrapolate, infer
(verb) draw from specific cases for more general cases
Source: WordNet® 3.1
inferred
simple past tense and past participle of infer
Source: Wiktionary
In*fer", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inferred; p. pr. & vb. n. Inferring.] Etym: [L. inferre to bring into, bring forward, occasion, infer; pref. in- in + ferre to carry, bring: cf. F. inférer. See 1 st Bear.]
1. To bring on; to induce; to occasion. [Obs.] Harvey.
2. To offer, as violence. [Obs.] Spenser.
3. To bring forward, or employ as an argument; to adduce; to allege; to offer. [Obs.] Full well hath Clifford played the orator, Inferring arguments of mighty force. Shak.
4. To derive by deduction or by induction; to conclude or surmise from facts or premises; to accept or derive, as a consequence, conclusion, or probability; to imply; as, I inferred his determination from his silence. To infer is nothing but by virtue of one proposition laid down as true, to draw in another as true. Locke. Such opportunities always infer obligations. Atterbury.
5. To show; to manifest; to prove. [Obs.] The first part is not the proof of the second, but rather contrariwise, the second inferreth well the first. Sir T. More. This doth infer the zeal I had to see him. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 March 2025
(noun) a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
