Antonyms for inferable


Grammar : Adj
Spell : in-fur
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈfɜr


Definition of inferable

Origin :
  • 1520s, from Latin inferre "bring into, carry in; deduce, infer, conclude, draw an inference; bring against," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + ferre "carry, bear," from PIE *bher- (1) "to bear, to carry, to take" (cf. Sanskrit bharati "carries;" Avestan baraiti "carries;" Old Persian barantiy "they carry;" Armenian berem "I carry;" Greek pherein "to carry;" Old Irish beru/berim "I catch, I bring forth;" Gothic bairan "to carry;" Old English and Old High German beran, Old Norse bera "barrow;" Old Church Slavonic birati "to take;" Russian brat' "to take," bremya "a burden"). Sense of "draw a conclusion" is first attested 1520s.
  • As in likely : adj probable, apt, hopeful
  • As in consequent : adj resultant
  • As in deducible : adj understandable
  • As in demonstrable : adj provable, evident
  • As in derivable : adj deducible
Example sentences :
  • In the first place, mark what is inferable from the distribution of nebulæ.
  • Extract from : « Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I » by Herbert Spencer
  • Is it not inferable from this declaration that he then supposed him to be Booth?
  • Extract from : « Assassination of Lincoln: a History of the Great Conspiracy » by Thomas Mealey Harris
  • From this it seems to be inferable that a mere wish may be effective.
  • Extract from : « The Origin of Man and of his Superstitions » by Carveth Read
  • In the first place, mark what is inferable from the distribution of nebul.
  • Extract from : « Illustrations of Universal Progress » by Herbert Spencer
  • From some passages it is inferable that he considers the "presence of mind" to be everywhere needful.
  • Extract from : « Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I » by Herbert Spencer
  • In this letter, moreover, among other points, it was inferable that his province was ready to leave the said missions of Zambales.
  • Extract from : « The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 41 of 55, 1691-1700 » by Various
  • Of what character this knowledge was is inferable from the sudden self-consciousness that followed the partaking of it.
  • Extract from : « The Soul of the Far East » by Percival Lowell
  • Is it inferable that that coat was ever borne by patent or admissible prescriptive right, by any of his ancestors?
  • Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 96, August 30, 1851 » by Various
  • Inferable from these statements, are many collateral subtile matters touching the chase of whales.
  • Extract from : « Moby Dick; or The Whale » by Herman Melville

Synonyms for inferable

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