Question

What does the word infer mean in the word

Answer 1

Answer:

infer, deduce, conclude, judge, gather mean to arrive at a mental conclusion. infer implies arriving at a conclusion by reasoning from evidence; if the evidence is slight, the term comes close to surmise.

Infer is defined as to conclude from evidence or assumptions. An example of infer is to assume that a child took the plate of cookies since he was the only one in the room when the cookies went missing.

Answer 2

Answer:

deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements.

Explanation:

example -"from these facts, we can infer that crime has been increasing"