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Definition of surmise verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

surmise

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verb
NAmE//sərˈmaɪz//
 
[transitive, intransitive] surmise (something) surmise (that)… surmise what, where, etc… + speech (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they surmise
 
he / she / it surmises
 
past simple surmised
 
-ing form surmising
 
 
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to guess or suppose something using the evidence you have, without definitely knowing synonym conjecture From the looks on their faces, I surmised that they had had an argument.
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