to surmise
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7.6
- verb
- /sərˈmaɪz/
:
suponer
- Given his silence during the meeting, I can only surmise that he disagreed with the proposal.
- researchers surmise that
- unreasonable to surmise
- surmise that athletes
Of course, since then we've had the Trump administration, and as you might surmise, that hasn't produced any change either.
- Of course, since then we've had the Trump administration, and as you might surmise, that hasn't produced any change either.
- And I'm surmising that they both, both of them got busted molesting kids in Southeast Asia.
- The the confluence of those things are impossible to surmise some lesson from that's all that I like always want to impart when I think that's what I'm struggling with.
- So I surmised that it was that, you know, and some things to me are like societal rules that are in between the rules.
Examples
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We don't know its size, but we surmise it's about the size of the Moon.
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"From what you have just told me, I surmise a few things.
Fiction book (1993) -
As you will surmise, our customers in this department are almost exclusively women.
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I know less, but I surmise they had a spat of some kind.
Fiction book (1995) -
Now, I surmise that you've encountered one such individual.
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In examining these policies, it can be surmised that they are based on a libertarian theory of justice.
Academic text (1995) -
From the expression on the big Southerner's face, Robinton surmised that he was meeting with little success.
Fiction book (1991) -
Behind them approached a whole herd of horses, which Medicine Wolf surmised belonged to several different warriors.
Fiction book (1992) -
Her local physician surmised that she had probably had a clot or hemorrhage.
Academic text (1994) -
From the spattered ink, Claude surmised that the dedication had been interrupted by a sneeze.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To think something is likely without being sure
∞
2.7
To think something is true without clear proof
∞
3.2
Think something is true without proof
925
3.6
To think something is likely true without definite proof
795
1.5
To think something is true without clear proof
254
4.8
To think about possible reasons or outcomes when there are not enough facts
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6.1
Form an idea to explain why something happens with little proof
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7.2
To suggest an idea about why something happens that can be tested
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7.5
To suggest that something is true to explain facts
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7.6
To form an opinion without enough proof
Suggest a possible explanation without strong evidence
Antonyms
How Certain
Surface Forms
Etymology
Surmise comes from old parts sur- 'over' and mise 'put', so it originally meant to 'put an idea forward' without proof. That's why to surmise is to guess or suppose something when you do not have enough evidence.