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• v  reason by deduction; establish by deduction
• v  draw from specific cases for more general cases
• v  conclude by reasoning; in logic
• v  guess correctly; solve by guessing
• v  believe to be the case

• The show of hands was enough for the convener to infer that the new idea was not well received.
• From the dissenting notes Mr Brown was forced to infer that the motion was passed with some reservations.
• From the state of the economy one can infer that the poor will be hard put to make both ends meet.

• deduce
• deduct
• derive
• generalize
• generalise
• extrapolate
• guess
• understand

News & Articles

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• What monkey and human brains have in common
  Stephanie PappasLiveScienceHumans and monkeys share parallels in a region of the brain that people use to infer others' intentions, a new study finds. The research doesn't necessarily prove that monkeys have what is known as " theory of mind " — an ability to gauge what others are thinking and feeling. But the parallels may reveal the common ancestor from which both the human and monkey brain ...
  June 11, 2013 - MSNBC
• What monkey and human brains have in common
  Stephanie PappasLiveScienceHumans and monkeys share parallels in a region of the brain that people use to infer others' intentions, a new study finds. The research doesn't necessarily prove that monkeys have what is known as " theory of mind " — an ability to gauge what others are thinking and feeling. But the parallels may reveal the common ancestor from which both the human and monkey brain ...
  June 11, 2013 - MSNBC
• In Monkey Brain, Seeing Human Parallels
  Humans and monkeys share parallels in a region of the brain that people use to infer others' intentions, a new study finds.
  June 10, 2013 - LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Bill Kenwright in ESPN
  It's absolute nonsense to infer that we would let David depart for Manchester United with our blessing,Kenwright told the Liverpool Echo. "If a day like that ever did occur, Evertonians know that I would fight tooth and nail to keep our...
• Mike Huckabee in Wall Street Journal
  For Chairman Steele to even infer that taking a life is totally left up to the individual is not only a reversal of Republican policy and principle,Mr. Huckabee said in a statement.
• Tom Hicks in CBS 11
  He told me he certainly didn't mean to infer that there was anything going on in the Texas Rangers clubhouse that was any different than any clubhouse in baseball,Hicks said. "And I know that's the truth."