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surmised

UK
/səˈmaɪzd/
US
/sərˈmaɪzd/

Translations

surmisedpast participle
UK
/səˈmaɪzd/
US
/sərˈmaɪzd/
Used attributively/predicatively to denote something inferred or supposed.
supposéSe dit d’une chose déduite à partir d’indices incomplets.
The surmised cause of the malfunction was a short circuit.
La cause supposée du dysfonctionnement était un court-circuit.
Additional translations
conjecturéEmploi plus soutenu ou plus rare.
surmiseverb

surmised

Past Simple

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
infer
speculate
presume
deduce
hypothesize
suspect
conjecture
guess

Definitions

surmisedpast participle
Inferred or supposed to be true on the basis of incomplete evidence; conjectured.
The surmised cause of the malfunction was a short circuit.
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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