surmise

English

Etymology

From Old French surmis, past participle of surmettre ("to accuse") from sur- ("upon") + mettre ("to put") from Latin mittere ("to send").

Pronunciation

• Noun:

• (RP): IPA: /ˈsɜːmaɪz/

• Verb:

• (RP): IPA: /sɜːˈmaɪz/

Noun

Singular surmise

Plural {{{1}}}

surmise ({{{1}}})

1. Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess; as, surmises of jealousy or of envy.
2. Reflection; thought; posit.

Translations

• German: Vermutung f., Mutmaßung f.

Verb

Infinitive to surmise

Third person singular surmis

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle ing

to surmise (third-person singular simple present surmis, present participle ing, simple past and past participle -)

1. To conjecture, to opine or to posit with contestable premises.

Translations

to conjecture, to opine or to posit with contestable premises

German: vermuten, mutmaßen Italian: supporre

Spanish: suponer, conjetar, presumir

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