infer

déduire, inférer

Conclure qu’une chose est probablement vraie à partir des informations disponibles.

En anglais simple : To decide that something is probably true from the information you have.

• What can we infer from these clues?
• She inferred that he was unhappy.
• Researchers infer past temperatures from ancient ice.

Comment l'utiliser : infer something from something (We inferred his age from the photograph.); infer that… (I inferred that she wanted to leave.)

Synonymes : deduce, conclude

Expressions courantes : infer from something, infer that, infer a connection, infer a conclusion