surmise
Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /sɜːˈmaɪz/
  • (GA) IPA: /sɚˈmaɪz/
Noun

surmise

  1. Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess.
    surmises of jealousy or of envy
  2. Reflection; thought; posit.
Translations Translations Verb

surmise (surmises, present participle surmising; past and past participle surmised)

  1. To imagine or suspect; to conjecture#Verb|conjecture; to posit with contestable premises.
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