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surmise

[ verb ser-mahyz; noun ser-mahyz, sur-mahyz ]

verb (used with object)

surmised, surmising.
  1. to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess.

    Synonyms: , ,



verb (used without object)

surmised, surmising.
  1. to conjecture or guess.

noun

  1. a matter of conjecture.
  2. an idea or thought of something as being possible or likely.
  3. a conjecture or opinion.

surmise

verb

  1. when tr, may take a clause as object to infer (something) from incomplete or uncertain evidence
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an idea inferred from inconclusive evidence
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 蝉耻谤藞尘颈蝉补产濒别, adjective
  • 蝉耻谤藞尘颈蝉别谤, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 蝉耻谤路尘颈蝉顎僡路产濒别 adjective
  • 蝉耻谤路尘颈蝉别诲路濒测 [ser-, mahyzd, -lee, -, mahy, -zid-], adverb
  • 蝉耻谤路尘颈蝉顎侥谤 noun
  • 耻苍顎却耻谤路尘颈蝉别诲顎 adjective
  • 耻苍顎却耻谤路尘颈蝉顎僫苍驳 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of surmise1

First recorded in 1350鈥1400; Middle English surmisen, from Anglo-French surmis(e), Middle French 鈥渁ccused,鈥 past participle of surmettre 鈥渢o accuse,鈥 from Latin supermittere 鈥渢o throw upon,鈥 from super super- + mittere 鈥渢o let go, send鈥
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of surmise1

C15: from Old French, from surmettre to accuse, from Latin supermittere to throw over, from super- + mittere to send
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Synonym Study

See guess.
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All the while, he鈥檚 surmising what he might gain by rifling through his associates鈥 drawers and desks.

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Depending on how everything shakes out, Eddy surmises stars could be reintroduced to the Pacific within three to five years.

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But when the lights dimmed for a film tribute to Scott Sanders, even a stranger could surmise that the man of the hour was no ordinary office jockey.

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One can surmise that Hektor 鈥 a non-white, working-class super at this Manhattan building 鈥 has much more to lose than Iris does if he鈥檚 let go by the management company for not following their instructions.

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Shoehorning these random digressions into the film without any additional context to surmise their meaning just feels like Perkins is doing weird for weirdness鈥 sake.

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