verb, noun
verb (formal) to guess or suppose sth using the evidence you have, without definitely knowing
SYNCONJECTURE:
[V(that)] From the looks on their faces, I surmised that they had had an argument. [also V, Vspeech, VN, Vwh-]
noun [U,C,usually sing.] (formal) a guess based on some facts that you know already:
This is pure surmise on my part. * He was glad to have his surmise confirmed.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for surmise is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does surmise appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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