English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “infer”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for infer is in-fer, with 1 possible break point in this result.

US English hyphenation
in-fer
2 segments1 break points
British English pattern result in-fer The GB pattern set returns the same result for this word.
Wordinfer
Hyphenationin-fer
Break points1
Part of speechverb
Pronunciationɪnˈfəː
Meaning & usage

What does “infer” mean?

infer: deduce or conclude (something) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements.

Headwordinfer
Part of speechverb
Pronunciationɪnˈfəː
1
verb

deduce or conclude (something) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements.

Example: “from these facts we can infer that crime has been increasing”

Word breaks

How “infer” is split

in·fer

For US English, the hyphenation result is in-fer. This gives 1 possible line-break point in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns the same split.

Quick answers

Questions about “infer”

How do you hyphenate “infer”?

In the US-English result used here, infer is hyphenated as in-fer.

Where can “infer” break at the end of a line?

The returned US pattern contains 1 possible break point.

What does “infer” mean?

deduce or conclude (something) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements.

Can you use “infer” in a sentence?

“from these facts we can infer that crime has been increasing”

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