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• past tense form of infer.
• past participle of infer.

inferred

American  

[in-furd] / ɪnˈfɜrd /

adjective

1. derived by reasoning or concluded from evidence, or provisionally identified through either of these methods.

   An inferred weapon is one that we know exists due to forensic analysis of material from the crime scene.

2. assumed as a result of estimation or speculation.

   Investors should note the guesswork involved in the company's inferred mineral deposit, absent the site visit and technical report of a legally qualified person.

3. implied or hinted at.

   If I understand correctly, the inferred suggestion is that the journalist got his information from the victim's family.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of infer.

Other Word Forms

• quasi-inferred
  adjective
• uninferred
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of inferred

infer ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

inferred

But, he said, "There is no evidence from which it can be inferred Mr Badea had knowledge of those matters."

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026

From it, the court just inferred that it must recognize serious, heady limits on Congress’ power to spend the tax dollars it has collected.

From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2026

Demographic information was largely absent, beyond what could be inferred from appearance.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 21, 2026

That case, the company said, “related to an engineer following inaccurate advice that an AI tool inferred from an outdated internal wiki,” and none involved “AI-written code.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2026

Since all other Niger-Congo speakers, as well as the Bantu, are blacks, we couldn’t have inferred who migrated in which direction just from the evidence of physical anthropology.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond