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surmise

verb (surmise, surmises, surmised, surmising); noun (a surmise)

«surmise» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

To surmise is to guess something from clues, without being sure. tree →
A surmise is a guess of this kind. (formal, old use) tree →

In the lessons

in stories someone works out a likely answer from what they can see; the word is more formal than «guess»

Examples

I can only surmise why the door was locked. tree →
I surmise that the stranger is lost. tree →
Her surmise turned out to be right. tree →
It was no more than a surmise. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

On Mova

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