inferred

[ in-furd ]

/ ɪnˈfɜrd /

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adjective

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.

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.

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

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of infer.

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Origin of inferred

infer + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM inferred

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Words nearby inferred

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How to use inferred in a sentence

You can accurately infer a lot about someone simply by knowing their ethnicity, sex, or country of origin.
Why We Judge People Based on Their Relatives - Facts So Romantic|Diana Fleischman|November 11, 2020|Nautilus
This is typical of the difficulties inferring directionality.
The U.S. has absolutely no control over the coronavirus. China is on top of the tiniest risks.|Chris Mooney, Gerry Shih|November 10, 2020|Washington Post
Nor do we know how many of those 94 got the vaccine as opposed to the placebo, although experts said we can infer it’s less than 10 if the vaccine efficacy really is greater than 90 percent.
Pfizer’s Vaccine Announcement Was Always Going To Be Political|Maggie Koerth (maggie.koerth-baker@fivethirtyeight.com)|November 10, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
Such parallels also show up in deep nets that can look at a 2D scene and infer the underlying properties of the 3D objects within it, which helps to explain how biological perception can be both fast and incredibly rich.
Deep Neural Networks Help to Explain Living Brains|Anil Ananthaswamy|October 28, 2020|Quanta Magazine

If the imaging ticks the boxes for a specific degree of forest maturity, researchers could then infer insect diversity from what they know of similar forests.
How to count insects from space|Katie McLean|October 21, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Scheiber inferred that Jarrett “is the closest we have to a human decoder ring” capable of unveiling “the real Barack Obama.”
Valerie Jarrett, Obama Consigliere—and Democracy Killer|James Poulos|November 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The same group of astronomers has also inferred a type of exoplanet that fits in between the rocky planets and the gas giants.
Mega-Earth Is the Weirdest Exoplanet Yet|Matthew R. Francis|June 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But a la the premise often inferred by Disney's Cool Runnings, can anybody do it?
Is It Really That Easy to be an Olympic Bobsledder?|Kevin Fixler|January 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Indeed, neither conclusion can be inferred even from what Issacharoff quotes Olmert saying, but never mind.
What Commentary Gets Wrong About Olmert-Abbas Negotiations|Bernard Avishai|May 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
CEO seemed to have inferred that a 400-pound black woman is on welfare, despite having no proof.
Rupert Murdoch’s Most Offensive Tweets|The Daily Beast|November 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST
I cannot understand how my brother can have inferred from my letter that the quartet had no success.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky
Yet it must not be inferred therefore, that he was stiffly set against all change.
The English Church in the Eighteenth Century|Charles J. Abbey and John H. Overton
It is inferred therefore that the idea has been transmitted to us through the medium of our early moralities and interludes.
A Cursory History of Swearing|Julian Sharman
And how can it be inferred from thence that we suppose a provincial Act necessary to enforce an Act of Parliament?
The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2|Egerton Ryerson
From Bess's tone one might have inferred that this meant extreme old age.
The Story of the Big Front Door|Mary Finley Leonard