infer
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(verb) guess correctly; solve by guessing |
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Synonyms: guess |
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Related Words: figure out, lick, puzzle out, solve, tell, work |
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(verb) reason by deduction; establish by deduction |
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Synonyms: deduce, deduct, derive |
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Related Words: carry back, conclude, elicit, extrapolate, reason, reason out, surmise |
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3. |
(verb) conclude by reasoning; in logic |
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Synonyms: deduce |
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Related Words: conclude, reason, reason out |
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(verb) believe to be the case; "I understand you have no previous experience?" |
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Synonyms: gather, understand |
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Related Words: believe |
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(verb) draw from specific cases for more general cases |
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Synonyms: extrapolate, generalise, generalize |
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Related Words: conclude, overgeneralise, overgeneralize, reason, reason out, universalize |
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