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Meanings of surmise in English
A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence.
Synonyms
Examples for "guess"
Examples for "guess"
1
Imagine coming home from work and your partner saying, 'Honey, guess what?
2
The result is easy to guess: less lending and falling housing prices.
3
He promised we'd have 'a talk' tomorrow, which is today, I guess.
4
You say the ring is dangerous, far more dangerous than I guess.
5
But let me guess-youdon't want to talk about that either, right?
1
Cook's announcement followed recent speculation that he had a substance abuse problem.
2
However, they confirmed their split earlier this month following weeks of speculation.
3
However, we won't discuss rumors or speculation, United said in a statement.
4
They come up with a great deal more speculation than solid information.
5
The London market opened strongly today amid takeover speculation over broadcaster ITV.
1
Unfortunately, there are no data available yet to support this optimistic hypothesis.
2
We present a case series of 28 patients to support this hypothesis.
3
Several observations support the hypothesis of an animal origin for the disease.
4
Right from the beginning, however, I was obsessed with a single hypothesis.
5
Our preliminary hypothesis is that de novo mutation occurred in continental Europe.
1
For a long time this subject was simply a matter of conjecture.
2
I am, of course, not allowed to respond to that conjecture directly.
3
Whether or not this is fair remains entirely a matter of conjecture.
4
It's almost impossible for journalists to cover celebrities without collapsing into conjecture.
5
The conjecture was absurd; she was the victim of some optical illusion.
1
All the facts in the case seem to bear out this supposition.
2
But another clause of the Constitution proves the absurdity of the supposition.
3
The events of the last three days would almost warrant the supposition.
4
The supposition that all our profession is founded in pride and vain-glory.
5
And his abrupt and masterly manner and speech aided in this supposition.
1
"It comes from Miss Ward's room," was her second surmisal.
Usage of surmise in English
1
I don't do maths but I surmise this is not good value.
2
That night those in the dressing tent could only surmise the reason.
3
Hospital, I suppose. A natural enough surmise in a very feverish locality.
4
I think our surmise that it requires a cold temperature is correct.
5
But in this last surmise the oldest Rover boy was sadly mistaken.
6
Then it was that the surmise about the gramophone recurred to me.
7
I can only surmise what was said in the dressing room afterwards!
8
Who the inhabitants of the hut could be we could not surmise.
9
More than this was mere vague surmise; he could not recover details.
10
And then there set in a period of resigned surmise, during which
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But that's a lot to surmise about someone you've only just met.
12
Various measures were, I believe, talked of in consequence of this surmise.
13
Although Tom told himself this, there was no comfort in the surmise.
14
This was such an extravagant surmise that even the anxious landlord smiled.
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As the boys drew nearer they perceived their surmise had been correct.
16
As you may surmise, the situation between England and Germany was peculiar.
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Translations for surmise
Surmise through the time
Surmise across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common