surmise


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Synonyms for surmise

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Synonyms for surmise

to draw an inference on the basis of inconclusive evidence or insufficient information

a judgment, estimate, or opinion arrived at by guessing

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Synonyms for surmise

a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

infer from incomplete evidence

imagine to be the case or true or probable

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
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But more than that we were never destined to know, though there was much which we might surmise. There was no chance of finding footsteps in the mire, for the rising mud oozed swiftly in upon them, but as we at last reached firmer ground beyond the morass we all looked eagerly for them.
And now I come rapidly to the conclusion of this singular narrative, in which I have tried to make the reader share those dark fears and vague surmises which clouded our lives so long and ended in so tragic a manner.
Fluttered with vague surmise; nor present nor future is clear.
Secondly we must see, as well as we can surmise it from the facts we know of, what he has done here.
My surmise is this, that in London the Count decided to get back to his castle by water, as the most safe and secret way.
We have now passed into the Bistritza, and if we are wrong in our surmise our chance is gone.
My surmises did not for a moment class a man of the Count's abilities and social position with the ordinary rank and file of foreign spies.
And now as she made surmises as to who people were, what were their relations to one another, and what they were like, Kitty endowed them with the most marvelous and noble characters, and found confirmation of her idea in her observations.
No word had been said to give me anything to think about, and any surmises I might make were unwarranted.
I can only surmise that this was indeed the case with Mr Justice Hayden who, during the start of a hearing into whether a man should be allowed to continue having sex with his wife who has learning difficulties, proclaimed that he "cannot think of any more obviously fundamental human right than the right of a man to have sex with his wife".
We can only surmise. What criminal offense can be charged against him?
"From this meager evidence the court is requested by the state to surmise that these people are dangerous terrorists with a plot against the country or institutions.
As to complete this chore I went that day, Something came towards me in a furtive way, A young fox stared at me in surprise, I was in his territory he seemed to surmise.
Have the readers noticed how the silence is deafening from all our local council leaders, not a peep from anyone of them, which we can only surmise they go along with its demise.
Some surmise that Israel is breathing hot and heavy over the Iran issue precisely to get away from the Palestinian issue.