English to English
surmise
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noun (n)
- a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence(noun.communication)source: wordnet30
- A thought, imagination, or conjecture, which is based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess; as, the surmisses of jealousy or of envy.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- infer from incomplete evidence(verb.cognition)source: wordnet30
- imagine to be the case or true or probable(verb.communication)Example:
I surmised that the butler did it.
source: wordnet30 - To imagine without certain knowledge; to infer on slight grounds; to suppose, conjecture, or suspect; to guess.(verb)source: webster1913
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