Infer
Infer verb - To form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information.
Usage example: he inferred that she had left because her coat was gone
Read
Read verb - To go over and mentally take in the content of.
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
| name | infer name | read name |
| time | infer time | read time |
| story | infer story | read story |
| information | infer information | read information |
| Other words: emotions. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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If an enemy read a soldier's accent correctly, they might be able to infer the identity of his unit; combined with other information, this could give away the unit's location.
Source: Useful Notes / British Accents - The famous sick-triceratops scene also reproduces enough information from the book to infer, if you've read it, that some of the dinosaurs are eating toxic plants, despite the efforts of the park to manage the park's flora.
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Adaptation Explanation Extrication: In the Swedish film we see Eli's castration scar with no further context than earlier comments of "I'm not a girl." While some viewers who haven't read the book have been able to infer what it meant, others were confused.
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