Surmise - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈsɜːrmaɪz|  American pronunciation of the word surmise
Brit.  |ˈsɜːmaɪz|  British pronunciation of the word surmise

noun

- a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence (syn: conjecture, guess, hypothesis, speculation, supposition)

verb

- infer from incomplete evidence
- imagine to be the case or true or probable (syn: suspect)
I surmised that the butler did it

Extra examples

...my surmise is that the couple's “good news” is the announcement that they are going to have a baby...

I surmised that the butler did it

We can only surmise what happened.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: surmise
he/she/it: surmises
present participle: surmising
past tense: surmised
past participle: surmised
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