inferable
- adjective
- /ɪnˈfɪrəbəl/
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inferible
- According to Larkin and Simon (1987), two methods of presenting data are informationally equivalent if everything that is either explicitly present or inferable in one display is either explicitly present or inferable in the other.
Examples
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From the clues he provided, it was inferable that he had been involved in the incident.
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Other couples that would have been more inferable for me: Mary Jane and Peter, Bridget and Daniel.
Blog text (5) -
Two additional studies did not clearly state a perspective taken in the economic evaluation, but it was inferable.
Academic text (2016) -
Assume that style has a function to perform in each of these works, and it is inferable that insofar as that function is integral, it will change as the parts of the art change.
Academic text (1992) -
One effort showed the letter d or e as indeterminate by inspection and inferable only from the sense of the word in context; another required special equipment to read the letter in question correctly.
Academic text (2016) -
On this subject, it is acknowledged that obtaining information on storage conditions experienced by questioned cartridges during their ageing can be a major difficulty in real cases, as the latter are hardly inferable during crime scene investigation.
Academic text (2016) -
One method of determining whether the distribution of estimates for the Beyth-Marom data is approximately normal is to check whether the estimates of standard deviation inferable from her figures for the IQR and 80% range are approximately equal.
Academic text (1990) -
According to Larkin and Simon (1987), two methods of presenting data are informationally equivalent if everything that is either explicitly present or inferable in one display is either explicitly present or inferable in the other.
Academic text (2005) -
And in Nietzsche, as in Proust, return is linked to the happiness consequent to the pursuit of truth, a truth only inferable in the recursive conditions of the retrospective view.
Academic text (1999) -
The results of the experiment were inferable, indicating that the hypothesis was correct.
Synonyms
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5.0
Someone can show it is true using evidence or reasons
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5.8
Can be shown to be true by clear proof
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6.7
You can find out from facts or data
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6.8
You can find it from other information by thinking or working out
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6.6
Able to be worked out from the given information
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4.8
Likely to be true based on the facts
Can be guessed from a small amount of evidence
How Evident
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Inferable comes from infer, which meant 'to bring in', and the ending -able which means 'can be'. So, like transfer where -fer means 'carry', to infer is to 'bring a conclusion in' from the facts, and if something is inferable it 'can be' worked out from the evidence.