surmise
Collocations
2ADJ.
all, stated, stripped
ADV.
merely
Definitions
noun
Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess.
surmises of jealousy or of envy
This opinion, however, is merely a surmise, which may or may not be the case.
Reflection; thought; posit.
My Thought, whoſe Murther yet is but fantaſticall, / Shakes ſo my ſingle ſtate of Man, / That Function is ſmother'd in ſurmiſe, / And nothing is, but what is not.
Then felt I like some watcher of the skies / When a new planet swims into his ken; / Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes / He star'd at the Pacific—and all his men / Look'd at each other with a wild surmise— / Silent, upon a peak in Darien.
verb
To imagine or suspect; to conjecture; to posit with contestable premises.
If, as I surmise, you see the ladies this evening, you might mention my intended visit.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
- guess
- conjecture
- supposition
- surmisal
- speculation
- hypothesis
verb — imagine to be the case or true or probable
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6surmises of jealousy or of envy
WiktionaryThis opinion, however, is merely a surmise, which may or may not be the case.
WiktionaryBut ſurely no Man whatſoever ought in Justice or good Manners to be charged with Principles he actually diſowns, unleſs his Practices do openly and without the leaſt Room for Doubt, contradict his Pro
WiktionaryIf, as I surmise, you see the ladies this evening, you might mention my intended visit.
WiktionaryThose are the main facts of the case, stripped of all surmise, and stated as baldly as possible.
Tatoeba · #6957580"What do you think of my theory?" "It is all surmise."
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