Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to infer
Participle: infered; inferred
Gerund: infering; inferring
Indicative
Present
| I | infer |
| you | infer |
| he;she;it | infers |
| we | infer |
| you | infer |
| they | infer |
Perfect
| I | have infered; inferred |
| you | have infered; inferred |
| he;she;it | has infered; inferred |
| we | have infered; inferred |
| you | have infered; inferred |
| they | have infered; inferred |
Past
| I | infered; inferred |
| you | infered; inferred |
| he;she;it | infered; inferred |
| we | infered; inferred |
| you | infered; inferred |
| they | infered; inferred |
Pluperfect
| I | had infered; inferred |
| you | had infered; inferred |
| he;she;it | had infered; inferred |
| we | had infered; inferred |
| you | had infered; inferred |
| they | had infered; inferred |
Future
| I | will infer |
| you | will infer |
| he;she;it | will infer |
| we | will infer |
| you | will infer |
| they | will infer |
Future Perfect
| I | will have infered; inferred |
| you | will have infered; inferred |
| he;she;it | will have infered; inferred |
| we | will have infered; inferred |
| you | will have infered; inferred |
| they | will have infered; inferred |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | infer |
| you | infer |
| he;she;it | infer |
| we | infer |
| you | infer |
| they | infer |
Perfect
| I | have infered; inferred |
| you | have infered; inferred |
| he;she;it | have infered; inferred |
| we | have infered; inferred |
| you | have infered; inferred |
| they | have infered; inferred |
Imperfect
| I | infered; inferred |
| you | infered; inferred |
| he;she;it | infered; inferred |
| we | infered; inferred |
| you | infered; inferred |
| they | infered; inferred |
Pluperfect
| I | had infered; inferred |
| you | had infered; inferred |
| he;she;it | had infered; inferred |
| we | had infered; inferred |
| you | had infered; inferred |
| they | had infered; inferred |
Conditional
Present
| I | would infer |
| you | would infer |
| he;she;it | would infer |
| we | would infer |
| you | would infer |
| they | would infer |
Perfect
| I | would have infered; inferred |
| you | would have infered; inferred |
| he;she;it | would have infered; inferred |
| we | would have infered; inferred |
| you | would have infered; inferred |
| they | would have infered; inferred |
Imperative
| you | infer |
| we | Let's infer |
| you | infer |
Verbs conjugated like 'infer'
annul,
bevel,
cancel,
carol,
cavil,
channel,
chisel,
compel,
control,
counsel,
court-martial,
cudgel,
decontrol,
dial,
dispel,
dowel,
drivel,
duel,
empanel,
enamel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'infer'
inter,
anger,
binner,
cinder,
confer,
defer,
differ,
dinner,
enter,
fineer,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to deem something true without verification or proof
- arread, assume, conject, conjecture, daresay, dope, go out on a limb, guess, guesstimate, hypothesize, imagine, overhope, posit, postulate, presume, reckon, speculate, suppose, suspect, take a stab at, take something as read, ween
- deduce
- conclude, induce, reason, gather, presume, conjecture, hypothesize
- imply
- insinuate, hint, suggest, indicate
Additional Information
The forms with ortographic changes are used in British English, in American English the doubling of the consonant is usually omitted.
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1526, from L.
inferre "bring into, cause," from
in- "in" +
ferre "carry, bear," from PIE
*bher- "to bear, to carry, to take" (cf. Skt.
bharati "carries;" Avestan
baraiti "carries;" O.Pers.
barantiy "they carry;" Armenian
berem "I carry;" Gk.
pherein "to carry;" O.Ir.
beru/berim "I catch, I bring forth;" Goth.
bairan "to carry;" O.E., O.H.G.
beran, O.N.
bera "barrow;" O.C.S.
birati "to take;" Rus.
brat' "to take,"
bremya "a burden"). Sense of "draw a conclusion" is first attested 1529.
2. From Latin inferō, from Latin in- (“in, at, on; into”) + Latin ferō (“bear, carry; suffer”) (cognate to Old English beran, whence English bear), from Proto-Italic *ferō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti (“to bear, carry”), from the root *bʰer-. Literally “carry forward”, equivalent to “bear in”, as in concluding from a premise. Doublet of inbear. See: Latin '
inferō', Latin '
ferō', Old English '
beran', Proto-Italic '
*ferō', Proto-Indo-European '
*bʰéreti'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] hour; but its influence has not tended, that I know, to make the people less hard in their bargains, or more equal in their dealings. As I never heard of its working that effect anywhere else, I infer that it never will, here. Indeed, I am accustomed, with reference to great professions and severe faces, to judge of the goods of the other world pretty much as I judge of the goods of this; and [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)