inferable
Definition
Adjective: Capable of being deduced or concluded from evidence or reasoning; able to be inferred.
Usage Examples
- (The conclusion can be deduced based on the evidence.)
- (His guilt could be logically concluded from his actions.)
- (The meaning can be deduced from surrounding information.)
Advanced Usage
- "inferable from": used to indicate the source or basis of the deduction.
- The outcome is inferable from the initial conditions. (The outcome can be logically deduced from the starting situation.)
- "readily inferable": easily or obviously deducible.
- The implications of the policy are readily inferable. (The consequences are clear and easy to deduce.)
Variants and Related Words
- Infer (verb): to deduce or conclude from evidence.
- We can infer from her tone that she is upset. (We can deduce her emotional state from how she speaks.)
- Inference (noun): a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence.
- The inference was that he had not told the truth. (The logical conclusion was that he was dishonest.)
- Inferable (adjective): (alternative spelling, less common) same meaning as .
- Uninferable (adjective): not capable of being deduced.
- The cause of the accident was uninferable from the wreckage. (The cause could not be deduced from the debris.)
Synonyms
- Deducible: able to be reasoned out logically.
- Derivable: able to be obtained from a source.
- Concludable: able to be arrived at as a conclusion.
- Implied: suggested indirectly, though not explicitly stated.
Related Idioms
- Read between the lines: to infer a hidden meaning from what is said or written.
- If you read between the lines, his true intentions are inferable. (By looking beyond the literal words, you can deduce his real goals.)
- Put two and two together: to deduce the obvious conclusion from available facts.
- After seeing the empty wallet and the open safe, it was inferable that a theft had occurred. (The conclusion was obvious from the evidence.)