surmise

See also surmisé

English

Etymology

From Old French surmis, past participle of surmetre, surmettre (“to accuse”), from sur- (“upon”) + metre (“to put”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /sɜːˈmaɪz/

Noun

surmise (plural surmises)

1. Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess; as, surmises of jealousy or of envy.
2. Reflection; thought; posit.

Translations

Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence

Hungarian: sejtés (hu), feltételezés (hu)

Russian: подозрение n., предположение n.

Reflection; thought; posit

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German: Vermutung f., Mutmaßung f.

Verb

surmise (third-person singular simple present surmises, present participle surmising, simple past and past participle surmised)

1. To conjecture, to opine or to posit with contestable premises.

Translations

to conjecture, to opine or to posit with contestable premises

German: vermuten (de), mutmaßen (de) Italian: supporre (it)

Spanish: suponer, conjetar, presumir

External links

• surmise in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• surmise in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /syʁ.miz/, X-SAMPA: /syR.miz/
• Homophones: surmisent, surmises

Verb

surmise

1. first-person singular present indicative of surmiser
2. third-person singular present indicative of surmiser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of surmiser
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of surmiser
5. second-person singular imperative of surmiser

Anagrams

• mûrisse