Verb

• S: (v) deduce, infer, deduct, derive (reason by deduction; establish by deduction)
• S: (v) generalize, generalise, extrapolate, infer (draw from specific cases for more general cases)
• S: (v) deduce, infer (conclude by reasoning; in logic)
• S: (v) guess, infer (guess correctly; solve by guessing) "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize"
• S: (v) understand, infer (believe to be the case) "I understand you have no previous experience?"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) believe (accept as true; take to be true) "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits"
• S: (v) understand, infer (believe to be the case) "I understand you have no previous experience?"
• S: (v) swallow (believe or accept without questioning or challenge) "Am I supposed to swallow that story?"
• S: (v) buy (accept as true) "I can't buy this story"
• S: (v) believe (follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer) "When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too"
• S: (v) trust (have confidence or faith in) "We can trust in our government"
• S: (v) believe in (have a firm conviction as to the goodness of something) "John believes in oat bran"
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