infer
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
reason by deduction; establish by deduction
Types & categories
- reason hypernym
- extrapolate hyponym
- surmise hyponym
- elicit hyponym
Related & opposite
- deductive reasoning derivation
- inference derivation
- derivation derivation
- deductive derivation
- deductive derivation
- logical system domain topic
Sense 2 verb
draw from specific cases for more general cases
Types & categories
- reason hypernym
- overgeneralize hyponym
- universalize hyponym
Related & opposite
- stimulus generalization derivation
- generalization derivation
- inference derivation
- generalisation derivation
- extrapolation derivation
Sense 3 verb
conclude by reasoning; in logic
Types & categories
- reason hypernym
Related & opposite
- deductive reasoning derivation
- inference derivation
- deductive derivation
- deducible derivation
- deductive derivation
Sense 4 verb
guess correctly; solve by guessing
He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- guesser derivation
Sense 5 verb
believe to be the case
I understand you have no previous experience?
Types & categories
- believe hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | deductive reasoning |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | inference |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | derivation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | deductive |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | deductive |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | logical system |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | reason |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | extrapolate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | surmise |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | elicit |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | stimulus generalization |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | generalization |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | inference |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | generalisation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | extrapolation |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | reason |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | overgeneralize |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | universalize |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | deductive reasoning |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | inference |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | deductive |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | deducible |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | deductive |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | reason |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | guesser |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | solve |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | tell |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | believe |