infer

2 definitions • 3 examples

to form an opinion or guess that something is true because of the information that you have:

infer something from something What do you infer from her refusal?

[ + that ] I inferred from her expression that she wanted to leave.

to reach an opinion from available information or facts:

[ + that clause ] He inferred that she was not interested in a relationship from what she said in her letter.