surmise

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. noun a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
  2. verb infer from incomplete evidence
  3. verb imagine to be the case or true or probable

Etymology

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

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Synonyms

guess, conjecture, supposition, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis

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