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Meanings of surmise (surmises) in English

Portuguese
fazerdeconta
Catalan
conjetura
Spanish
conjetura

A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence.

      fazerdeconta
      Portuguese
      suspeitar
      Catalan
      sospitar
      Spanish
      sospechar

      To imagine that something is possible or likely.

            suspeitar
            Usage of surmises in English
            1
            It'd be great to feel part of a real team, Maura surmises.
            The Irish Times
            2
            Both the old boatman and Mr. Keith were correct in their surmises.
            South Wind
            3
            There was a tang to all the surmises he prompted in me.
            Somewhere in Red Gap
            4
            The furthest records or surmises or inferences simply accept it as existing.
            The Lair of the White Worm
            5
            He'd be too infernally curious; too full of surmises, eager for experiments.
            The Real Adventure
            6
            The person of Polycarp is a standing protest against any such surmises.
            Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion"
            7
            There were many surmises as to what the captain wanted him for.
            Paddy Finn
            8
            And here a torrent of painful anxieties and surmises rushed upon me.
            The Adventures of Hugh Trevor
            9
            Perhaps some of these surmises have shot far wide of the mark.
            In the Claws of the German Eagle
            10
            And after that she used to check all surmises to their discredit.
            The Cloister and the Hearth
            11
            I returned to your chamber, agitated by vain surmises and opposite conjectures.
            Wieland; Or, The Transformation: An American Tale
            12
            Otherwise you may occasion surmises that will not be agreeable to you.
            A Face Illumined
            13
            Thatcher nodded, as though this were a corroboration of his own surmises.
            A Hoosier Chronicle
            14
            Wearied with these surmises, and the day's travel, she closed her eyes.
            The Hand of Ethelberta: A Comedy in Chapters
            15
            The morning wore away in forming of these and similar surmises.
            Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists
            16
            But respecting her exact position in the household I was reduced to surmises.
            Bat Wing
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