infer
/ɪnˈfɜː/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.16 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "It is dangerous to infer too much from martial bluster in British politics: at the first hint of trouble, channelling Churchill is a default tactic for beleaguered leaders of all sorts."
- "a. 1535, Thomas More, letter to Fryth the fyrste parte is not the proofe of the second. but rather contrarywyse the seconde inferreth well yͤ fyrst."
- "This doth infer the zeal I had to see him."
- "These and a thousand like propositions, which concurre in this purpose, do evidently inferre [translating sonnent] some thing beyond patient expecting of death it selfe to be suffered in this life[…]."
- "faire Serena[…]fled fast away, afeard / Of villany to be to her inferd[…]."
- "Full well hath Clifford played the orator, / Inferring arguments of mighty force."
Etymology
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.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *bʰer-, inferō, in-, ferō, *ferō, *bʰéreti
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɪnˈfɜː/
- British English: /ɪnˈfɜː/