surmise
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surmise
- /sɜːˈmaɪz/ UK
- /sɚˈmaɪz/ US
Rhymes with -aɪz
Where it comes from
From Old French surmis, past participle of surmetre, surmettre (“to accuse”), from sur- (“upon”) + metre (“to put”).
noun surmises
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Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess.
surmises of jealousy or of envy
Similar: assumption, conjecture, foreguess, given, guess, hunch, hypothesis, inference, posit, possibility, postulation, presumption
- Reflection; thought; posit. My Thought, whoſe Murther yet is but fantaſticall, / Shakes ſo my ſingle ſtate of Man, / That Function is ſmother'd in ſurmiſe, / And nothing is, but what is not.
verb surmises · surmising · surmised
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To imagine or suspect; to conjecture; to posit with contestable premises.
If, as I surmise, you see the ladies this evening, you might mention my intended visit.
Similar: arread, assume, fancy, conject, conjecture, daresay, dope, foreguess, go out on a limb, guess, guesstimate, hunch
Translations
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noun thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence
| 中文 | 推測 /推测 tuīcè |
|---|---|
| Português | suspeita |
| Deutsch | Vermutung, Mutmaßung |
| Русский | подозре́ние podozrénije, до́мысел dómysel, предположе́ние predpoložénije |
noun Reflection; thought; posit
| Português | imaginação |
|---|
verb to imagine or suspect
| Español | suponer, conjeturar, presumir |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 推測する suisoku suru |
| Português | suspeitar |
| Français | présumer, supposer, suspecter |
| Deutsch | vermuten, mutmaßen, annehmen |
| Italiano | supporre |
| Русский | подозревать podozrevatʹ, предполага́ть predpolagátʹ, предположи́ть predpoložítʹ |
Talk about this word "surmise." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/surmise. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. surmise. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/surmise "surmise." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/surmise.Cite this
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title = {surmise},
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