surmiseverb [ T ]
uk/səˈmaɪz/us/sɚˈmaɪz/formalto guess something, without having much or any proof:
[ + (that) ] The police surmise (that) the robbers have fled the country.
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Guessing, supposing and suspecting
- approximate
- as much idiom
- call
- conjecture
- consider
- deem
- divine
- fall
- hypothesize
- jump
- jump to conclusions idiom
- mark
- mark sb down as sth
- misjudge
- pluck
- presume
- smell
- speculate
- think
- think of sth/sb
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surmisenoun [ C or U ]
uk/səˈmaɪz/us/sɚˈmaɪz/formala guess:
My surmise turned out to be right.
The article is pure surmise and innuendo.
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Guesses and assumptions
- a shot in the dark idiom
- approximation
- assumption
- ballpark
- bet
- conjecture
- educated guess
- estimate
- guess
- guesstimate
- overestimate
- preception
- preconception
- presumption
- presupposition
- proposition
- shot
- sneaking
- supposition
- underestimate
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