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Meaning of surmise

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

surmise

Pronunciation:/sɜːˈmaɪz//sɚˈmaɪz/

noun

Definitions

  1. Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess.

    Example: surmises of jealousy or of envy

  2. Reflection; thought; posit.

verb

Definitions

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