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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sur•mise /sɚˈmaɪz; n. also ˈsɜrmaɪz/USA pronunciation v., -mised, -mis•ing, n. v. - to guess without strong evidence;
conjecture: [~ + object]She surmised the truth about him.[~ + that clause]She surmised that he was up for promotion.
n. [countable] - an idea of something as being possible or likely.
See -mis-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sur•mise (v. sər mīz′;n. sər mīz′, sûr′mīz),USA pronunciation v., -mised, -mis•ing, n. v.t. - to think or infer without certain or strong evidence;
conjecture;
guess.
v.i. - to conjecture or guess.
n. - a matter of conjecture.
- an idea or thought of something as being possible or likely.
- a conjecture or opinion.
- Latin missus, missa, equivalent. to mit(tere) to send + -tus, -ta past participle suffix
- Latin supermittere to throw upon), equivalent. to sur- sur-1 + mis (masculine), mise (feminine)
- Anglo-French surmis(e), Middle French (past participle of surmettre to accuse
- Middle English surmisen 1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged imagine, suppose, suspect. See guess.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: surmise vb /sɜːˈmaɪz/- (when tr, may take a clause as object) to infer (something) from incomplete or uncertain evidence
n /sɜːˈmaɪz; ˈsɜːmaɪz/- an idea inferred from inconclusive evidence
Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French, from surmettre to accuse, from Latin supermittere to throw over, from super- + mittere to send |