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inferir — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • elicit verb To draw out a response, reaction, or piece of information from someone, often through careful questioning.
  • gather verb To bring separate things or people together in one place.
  • infer verb To work out or conclude something based on evidence or reasoning, rather than being told directly.

Senses

inferir is used for these senses in English:

  • elicit To use logic to arrive at truth; to derive by reason.
  • gather To infer or conclude; to know from a different source.
  • infer (transitive) To introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence. [from 16th c.]

gather — full definition

  1. verb To bring separate things or people together in one place.
  2. verb To collect or accumulate something gradually.
  3. verb To conclude or infer something from information available.

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