Inference

Definition

infer /Çn'fɜ:(r)/ v ( -rr- ) ၁။ ~ sth (from sth) ေကာက္ခ်က္ ခ်သည္။ infer a connection between smoking and heart disease ❍ The size of the population can be inferred from the archaeological remains. ❍ It can be inferred that the company is bankrupt. ၂။ ( infml ) သြယ္ဝိုက္ ေျပာဆိုသည္။ How dare you infer (that) she is dishonest! Compare IMPLY ၁ inference /'Çnfǝrǝns/ n ၁။ [C] ~ (from sth)(that …) ေကာက္ခ်က္။ ဆိုလိုခ်က္။ make/ draw inferences from their silence ❍ The inference is clear — we must leave immediately. ❍ There is a strong inference that supervision is inadequate. ၂။ [U] အႏုမာနသေဘာ။ If he is guilty then by inference so is she (ie This conclusion follows logically from the same set of facts).

Examples

1. [infer something from something] : A link between the two conditions can be inferred from previous studies.
2. [infer (that)] : Her appearance led them to infer that she was very wealthy.