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• past participle of infer.
• past tense form 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

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inferred

Crucially, the negative value of the weakly measured dwell time cannot be explained by imagining that only the front of the photon’s pulse gets through, unlike the time inferred from the arrival time.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

“But what can’t be inferred from the index is the future value of those currencies,” added Cox in a video interview from his base in Hong Kong.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

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

In a landmark paper written in 1897, entitled Hereditary Monstrosities, de Vries analyzed his data and inferred that each trait was governed by a single particle of information.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee