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surmise

UK
/səˈmaɪz/
US
/sɚˈmaɪz/

Translations

surmisenoun
surmises
pl
UK
/səˈmaɪz/
US
/sɚˈmaɪz/
Her surmise about the outcome of the meeting was based on intuition rather than facts.
Sa supposition sur l'issue de la réunion reposait sur l'intuition plutôt que sur des faits.
Additional translations
conjectureEmploi soutenu; implique une hypothèse formulée sans preuve.
Synonyms
assumption
inference
hypothesis
speculation
guess
surmiseverb
surmised
Past Simple
surmised
Past Participle
surmising
Gerund
UK
/səˈmaɪz/
US
/sərˈmaɪz/
She surmised that he was not telling the truth based on his nervous behavior.
Elle a supposé qu'il ne disait pas la vérité, d'après son comportement nerveux.
Additional translations
conjecturerPlus soutenu; utilisé pour exprimer une hypothèse non vérifiée.
Synonyms
speculate
presume
deduce
hypothesize
suspect
conjecture
infer
guess

Definitions

surmisenoun
A supposition or conjecture that something may be true, even though there is no evidence to confirm it.
Her surmise about the outcome of the meeting was based on intuition rather than facts.
surmiseverb
To suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it.
She surmised that he was not telling the truth based on his nervous behavior.
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