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What (who) is Surmise - definition
surmise
WIKTIONARY REDIRECT
I
n. (formal)
conjecture
a surmise that + clause (she expressed a surmise that the situation would improve)
II
v. (L) I surmised that the situation would improve
surmise
WIKTIONARY REDIRECT
[s?'m??z]
¦ verb suppose without having evidence.
¦ noun a supposition or guess.
Origin
ME (in the senses 'formal allegation' and 'allege formally'): from Anglo-Norman Fr. and OFr. surmise, feminine past participle of surmettre 'accuse', from late L. supermittere 'put in afterwards'.
surmise
WIKTIONARY REDIRECT
I. v. a.
Imagine, suspect, conjecture, suppose, guess, divine, fancy, believe, think, presume.
II. n.
Conjecture, suspicion, supposition, guess, doubt, imperfect notion.
Examples of use of Surmise
1. Industry sources surmise Kidaro will join Microsoft Israel‘s development apparatus.
2. That, I warn, is pure surmise; I may be optimistic.
3. When viewed in this context, Advani‘s surmise makes plausible sense.
4. Even before Eve‘s musical was cast, parents and kids could surmise a pecking order.
5. They enabled the theft of nearly NIS 30 million, surmise the police.