Inferred Definition & Meaning

Definition

Other Word Forms

Etymology

Examples

Synonyms 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.

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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The assessment estimates a measured and indicated resource of 49.6 billion tons, with an inferred resource of 86 billion tons, in a relatively narrow portion of the company’s main property in Saskatchewan.

From The Wall Street Journal

Indeed, it seems we are wired to perform a kind of deep-seated method acting in social situations, “using information that doesn’t need to be taken into consciousness, thought about, or inferred,” Prochazhkova says.

From The Wall Street Journal

Even if the meaning is inferred, it’s effective.

From Salon

Whether the markets were surprised, confused, or simply unperturbed can’t be inferred definitively.

From Barron's

In real fires, with darkness, smoke, people in various states of injury impeding one another, falls on stairs, counterflows and hesitation, theoretical egress capacities inferred from other evacuations break down.

From The Wall Street Journal

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