surmise in English

noun
1
a supposition that something may be true, even though there is no evidence to confirm it.
Charles was glad to have his surmise confirmed
verb
1
suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it.
he surmised that something must be wrong

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "surmise" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "surmise", or refer to the context using the word "surmise" in the English Dictionary.

1. His surmise proved correct.

2. Your first surmise was right.

3. A wild surmise filled Robertson.

4. This is pure surmise.

5. But his surmise was not without foundation.

6. What else can you surmise, Mr. Bond?

7. She was right in her surmise.

8. This is pure surmise on my part.

9. A very painful surmise arose concerning her character.

10. It turned out that my surmise was correct.

11. He was glad to have his surmise confirmed.

12. The article is pure surmise and innuendo.

13. Charles was glad to have his surmise confirmed.

14. I surmise that he will take the job.

15. He was afraid she might surmise the truth.

16. We could only surmise that alternative passages must have been worse.

17. I could only surmise that she and Lila had met before.

18. There's so little to go on, we can only surmise what happened.

19. At this point, Blue can only surmise what the case is not.

20. On the other hand, what can we surmise from Mary’s willingness to marry Joseph?

21. Synonyms for Apriorism include supposition, belief, idea, notion, assumption, conjecture, hypothesis, presumption, surmise and theory

22. Political loony, surprised thief, old lag with a grudge ... it's facts I want, not surmise.

23. Foresters surmise that the abnormally wet and windy winter probably hastened the toppling of the trees.

24. So one can only surmise that this rather authoritarian sign is aimed at people whose knuckles scrape the tarmac.

25. And since you, my little Judas, have brought them here I can only surmise the fortuneteller has found herself another shell?

26. He had given them no time for questions, no opportunity to develop theories or surmise any hidden meaning behind his words.

27. The fact that Timothy was not circumcised after he was born has led some scholars to surmise that Eunice’s husband had opposed that idea.

28. Like other Critics, Lodge seems to surmise that "Tenet" is not quite up to par with some of Nolan's previous films, but is a fun ride for his fans

29. This page shows answers to the clue Conjectural, followed by 2 definitions like “Dependent on conjecture”, “Of, of the nature of, or involving conjecture” and “Based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence

30. Musing about a picture of a fledgling osprey, he writes, "I surmise that the feelings are similar" to those of a human "launching off a high aerie, " a feeling that is both "thrilling and terrifying.

31. The methanogen Methanosalsum natronophilum AME2 T had the most complex diether lipid composition of any of the 13 strains, including hydroxy Archaeol and macrocyclic Archaeol which we surmise is an order-specific membrane adaption.

32. Conjectural: 1 adj based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence “theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly Conjectural ” Synonyms: circumstantial , divinatory , hypothetic , hypothetical , supposed , suppositional , suppositious , supposititious theoretic , theoretical concerned primarily with theories or

33. Can you guess what Conjecture means? It's a word to use when you are not sure of something and have to "guess or surmise." You can see how the word Conjecture means that you create a theory …

34. Bechance: to happen or find by chance; mute : silent; surmise : suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it; radiance : light or heat as emitted or reflected by something; fathomless: something unable to be measured or understood