Meaning Of The Word Surmise

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surmise
variable noun: If you say that a particular conclusion is surmise, you mean that it is a guess based on the available evidence and you do not know for certain that it is true.
verb: If you surmise that something is true, you guess it from the available evidence, although you do not know for certain.

surmise in American English
an idea or opinion formed from evidence that is neither positive nor conclusive; conjecture; guess
to imagine or infer (something) without conclusive evidence; conjecture; guess
intransitive verb: to conjecture or guess
noun: a matter of conjecture
transitive verb: to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess

surmise in British English
noun: an idea inferred from inconclusive evidence
verb: to infer (something) from incomplete or uncertain evidence

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