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Six example sentences with infer, each labelled with its topic.
From tree rings alone the team could infer three droughts that no written record from the region mentions.
Science
Analysts inferred a coming price cut from the sudden jump in inventory and the quiet cancellation of a factory order.
Finance
Archaeologists infer a long siege from the grain stores, the sealed wells, and the rubble packed against the gate.
History
Hume asked whether we may infer tomorrow's sunrise from every sunrise so far, and found no argument that would do it.
Philosophy
Toddlers infer what an adult wants from where the adult is looking, well before they can follow spoken directions.
Psychology
From the center's early lean, the guard inferred that the screen was coming late and slipped past it.
Basketball
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Found in 7 published word lists
- Academic Word List (Coxhead 2000)Authoritative
- University Word List (Xue & Nation 1984)Authoritative
- Business Word List (part 2)Authoritative
- PrepScholar 357 GRE WordsRecognized
- 5000 GRE Words (widely used study list)Recognized
- GRE Word List 4700 (widely used study list)Recognized
- MajorTests SAT 1000Recognized
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