Both Uses of
infer
in
1984, by Orwell
- Given this background, one could infer, if one did not know it already, the general structure of Oceanic society.
p. 208.1infer = figure out by reasoning
- There was no physical act, no word spoken aloud, that they had not noticed, no train of thought that they had not been able to infer.
p. 276.9 *
Definition:
to figure out or guess by reasoning