Meaning of “surmise” in the English Dictionary

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"surmise" in English

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uk /səˈmaɪz/ us /sɚˈmaɪz/ formal

› to guess something, without having much or any proof:

[ + (that) ] The police surmise (that) the robbers have fled the country.

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uk /səˈmaɪz/ us /sɚˈmaɪz/ formal

› a guess:

My surmise turned out to be right.

The article is pure surmise and innuendo.

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(Definition of “surmise” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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(Definition of “surmise” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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