What does infer mean?

Definitions for infer
ɪnˈfɜrin·fer

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. deduce, infer, deduct, deriveverb

    reason by deduction; establish by deduction

  2. generalize, generalise, extrapolate, inferverb

    draw from specific cases for more general cases

  3. deduce, inferverb

    conclude by reasoning; in logic

  4. guess, inferverb

    guess correctly; solve by guessing

    "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize"

  5. understand, inferverb

    believe to be the case

    "I understand you have no previous experience?"

Wiktionary

  1. inferverb

    To introduce (a subject) in speaking, writing etc.; to bring in.

  2. inferverb

    To introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence.

  3. inferverb

    To draw a conclusion or inference by reasoning.

  4. inferverb

    To lead to (something) as a consequence; to imply. (Now often considered incorrect, especially with a person as subject.)

  5. Etymology: From inferō.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To INFERverb

    Etymology: inferer, French; infero, Latin.

    Vomits infer some small detriment to the lungs. Gideon Harvey.

    Yet what thou can'st attain, which best may serve
    To glorify the Maker, and infer
    Thee also happier, shall not be with-held
    Thy hearing. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. vii.

    Great,
    Or bright, infers not excellence: the earth,
    Though in comparison of heav'n so small,
    Nor glistering, may of solid good contain
    More plenty than the sun, that barren shines. John Milton.

    One would wonder how, from so differing premisses, they should all infer the same conclusion. Decay of Piety.

    They have more opportunities than other men have of purchasing publick esteem, by deserving well of mankind; and such opportunities always infer obligations. Francis Atterbury.

    Full well hath Clifford play'd the orator,
    Inferring arguments of mighty force. William Shakespeare, Hen. VI.

Wikipedia

  1. infer

    Inferences are steps in reasoning, moving from premises to logical consequences; etymologically, the word infer means to "carry forward". Inference is theoretically traditionally divided into deduction and induction, a distinction that in Europe dates at least to Aristotle (300s BCE). Deduction is inference deriving logical conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true, with the laws of valid inference being studied in logic. Induction is inference from particular evidence to a universal conclusion. A third type of inference is sometimes distinguished, notably by Charles Sanders Peirce, contradistinguishing abduction from induction. Various fields study how inference is done in practice. Human inference (i.e. how humans draw conclusions) is traditionally studied within the fields of logic, argumentation studies, and cognitive psychology; artificial intelligence researchers develop automated inference systems to emulate human inference. Statistical inference uses mathematics to draw conclusions in the presence of uncertainty. This generalizes deterministic reasoning, with the absence of uncertainty as a special case. Statistical inference uses quantitative or qualitative (categorical) data which may be subject to random variations.

ChatGPT

  1. infer

    To infer is to form a conclusion or deduction based on evidence, reasoning or information that one has perceived or received. It involves making an educated guess about something that is not directly stated or observed.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Inferverb

    to bring on; to induce; to occasion

  2. Inferverb

    to offer, as violence

  3. Inferverb

    to bring forward, or employ as an argument; to adduce; to allege; to offer

  4. Inferverb

    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

  5. Inferverb

    to show; to manifest; to prove

  6. Etymology: [L. inferre to bring into, bring forward, occasion, infer; pref. in- in + ferre to carry, bring: cf. F. infrer. See 1 st Bear.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Infer

    in-fėr′, v.t. to deduce, to derive, as a consequence: to prove or imply.—v.i. to conclude:—pr.p. infer′ring; pa.p. inferred′.adjs. Infer′able, Infer′rible, that may be inferred or deduced.—n. In′ference, that which is inferred or deduced: the act of drawing a conclusion from premises, conclusion, consequence.—adj. Inferen′tial, deducible or deduced by inference.—adv. Inferen′tially. [Fr.,—L. inferrein, into, ferre, to bring.]

CrunchBase

  1. Infer

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of infer in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of infer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of infer in a Sentence

  1. Hrvoje Tkalcic:

    The objects of our studies are buried thousands of kilometers beneath our feet, we use geophysical inference methods to infer the Earth’s internal properties, and caution must be exercised until multi-disciplinary findings confirm our hypotheses and conceptual frameworks.

  2. Arthur Conan Doyle:

    From a drop of water a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara without having seen or heard of one or the other.

  3. Professor Levin:

    The upwelling we detected is like a hot-air balloon, and we infer that something is rising up through the deeper part of our planet under New England.

  4. Miguel Lara:

    One can infer from the delays and the results of the failure that it was a problem in the lines that leave Guri, rather than in the plant itself.

  5. Ichiro Kobayashi:

    We aim to understand how the brain represents information about the real world, toward such a goal, we demonstrated that our algorithm can model and read out perceptual contents in the form of sentences from human brain activity. To do this, we modified an existing network model that could generate sentences from images using a deep neural network, a model of visual system, followed by an RNN (recurrent neural network), a model that can generate sentences. Specifically, using our dataset of movies and movie-evoked brain activity, we trained a new model that could infer activation patterns of DNN from brain activity.

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  • vyvodit, dopadnout, usouditCzech
  • schlussfolgern, schließenGerman
  • συμπεραίνω, υπαινίσσομαι, υπονοώGreek
  • inferir, argüirSpanish
  • déduireFrench
  • तर्क करनाHindi
  • dedukál, kikövetkeztetHungarian
  • ályktaIcelandic
  • implicare, inferire, infliggere, concludere, dedurreItalian
  • 推論Japanese
  • coniectoLatin
  • hīkaroMāori
  • concluderenDutch
  • anta, utlede, konkludere, spekulere, slutte, tenkeNorwegian
  • wnioskować, dedukowaćPolish
  • concluziona, deduce, motiva, infera, conchideRomanian
  • заключать, заключить, [[делать]] [[вывод]], [[сделать]] [[вывод]]Russian
  • sluta sig tillSwedish
  • anlam çıkarmak, anlamına gelmek, manasına gelmek, sonucunu çıkarmak, mana çıkarmak, anlamakTurkish
  • 推断Chinese

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