infer
/ɪnˈfɜːr/ verb [T] (present participle inferring, past tense and past participle inferred) formalDefinition
› to guess that something is true because of the information that you have: [+ (that)] I inferred from the number of cups that he was expecting visitors.
(Definition of infer verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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