surmise
IPA: sɝmˈaɪz
noun
- Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess.
- Reflection; thought; posit.
verb
- To imagine or suspect; to conjecture; to posit with contestable premises.
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Examples of "surmise" in Sentences
- Based on the evidence presented, I can only surmise that he was involved in the crime
- She refused to reveal her true feelings, leaving others to surmise her thoughts
- The detective was able to surmise the killer's motive from the clues found at the crime scene
- It was easy to surmise that he was lying based on the inconsistencies in his story
- Despite the lack of concrete evidence, I surmise that she is guilty of the crime
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