In language, to infer means to use the information from a text or speech and based on this, state ideas that have not been explicitly or directly stated but that the text or speech suggests. This means when you infer you use your understanding, analysis or insight of the information. Due to this, infer often implies complex processes thinking and it is considered to be more challenging that other processes such as summarizing or identifying ideas. According to this, it can be concluded an insight based on information that is not stated directly reres to an inference.
