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infer
UK/ɪnˈfɜː(r)/US/ɪnˈfɝː/in·FER
Band 5-6task2task1
to draw a conclusion from evidence or reasoning rather than from explicit statements
Examples
“From the data, we can infer that unemployment fell last year.”
“Readers may infer the author's attitude from the tone of the article.”
“In Part 1 you sometimes have to infer meaning from short dialogues.”
Band 8 sentence
“Although the report does not state causes explicitly, one can reasonably infer a link between policy change and decreased emissions.”
Collocations
- infer from
- be inferred
Word family
inference ninferable adj
Common mistakes
assume→infer
conclude directly→infer
Say it for a higher band
5guess→6assume→7+infer
Synonyms
deduce
Easily confused
assume
“We should not assume that all participants understood the question.”
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