Meanings
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adj
capable of being inferred or reached as a conclusion from evidence or premises
The second proposition is inferable from the first without assuming either is actually true.
Thesaurus
Opposites
uninferableundeducible
Word family
Derived forms
inferability
Etymology
From infer + -able. Infer comes from Latin inferre ("to bring in, introduce; draw as a conclusion"), formed from in- ("in") + ferre ("to carry"). Inferrable is a common variant spelling.