as in guess
an opinion or judgment based on little or no evidence
my surmise is that the couple's "good news" is the announcement that they are going to have a baby
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as in to guess
to form an opinion from little or no evidence
we surmised that she had purchased the apple pie since there was a bakery box on the kitchen counter
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Recent Examples of surmise
Melissa Healystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2022
Instead, Rodrigues and Ohlrogge surmise, the glut of retail investors are probably not showing up for the vote.
—Scott Nover, Quartz, 7 Sep. 2022
Zara Hanawalt, Parents, 29 Sep. 2024
Those insects are key food sources for insectivorous songbirds, so the researchers surmised that competition with weaver ants might explain why there are fewer of those birds in lowland forests.
—Byalice Sun, science.org, 25 Sep. 2024
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Noun
One surmise is that the syndrome is caused by residual viral debris that continues to activate and/or exhaust the immune system.
—Melissa Healystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2022
Instead, Rodrigues and Ohlrogge surmise, the glut of retail investors are probably not showing up for the vote.
—Scott Nover, Quartz, 7 Sep. 2022
Verb
How Caregiver Burnout Plays a Role One commenter on the TikTok video surmises that grandparents often let things slide with their grandkids because they aren’t exhausted from 24/7 parenting.
—Zara Hanawalt, Parents, 29 Sep. 2024
Those insects are key food sources for insectivorous songbirds, so the researchers surmised that competition with weaver ants might explain why there are fewer of those birds in lowland forests.
—Byalice Sun, science.org, 25 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surmise
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What happens after, however, seems to be anyone’s guess.Kate Lindsay, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
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This usually would be a good guess—the mainstream media, especially those who are addicted to social media, tend to be out of touch.Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
Verb
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By investing in infrastructure and assuming the associated risks, these services allow stakeholders to operate without altering their business processes.Oleg Chanchikov, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Collectors who spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on Wiley’s paintings in the past are sitting on investments whose value might not be what it once was assumed to be.Rachel Corbett, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
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Like, this is not supposed to be this heavy, gory, difficult moment.Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
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This was not supposed to be the final word, however.Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2024
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The alleged victim was never officially identified but was presumed to be Garcia.Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Trump’s strategy has presumed that the crude, masculinist appeal that has won him the support of large numbers of male voters will have cross-racial success and erode Harris’s support among the crucial African American male electorate.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Surmise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surmise. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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