B2 verb #8,744 most common

surmise

UK /sɜːˈmaɪz/ | US /sɜːˈmaɪz/

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

surmise in 30 Seconds

  • (noun) Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess.
  • (noun) Reflection; thought; posit.
  • (verb) To imagine or suspect; to conjecture; to posit with contestable premises.

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess.
  2. 2
    noun Reflection; thought; posit.
  3. 3
    verb To imagine or suspect; to conjecture; to posit with contestable premises.

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