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Surmise Guess Verb, Noun Verb BreSəˈmaɪz; Name Sərˈmaɪz/ [Transitive, Intransitive] ~ Sth)| ~ That)…| ~ Etc…| +

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/BrEsəˈmaɪz; NAmE sərˈmaɪz/ [transitive, intransitive] ~ (sth)| ~ (that)…| ~ what, where, etc…| + speech (formal)to guess or suppose sth using the evidence you have, without definitely knowing  conjecture From the looks on their faces, I surmised that they had had an argument.

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/BrEˈsɜːmaɪz; NAmE ˈsɜːrmaɪz/ [uncountable, countable, usually singular] (formal)a guess based on some facts that you know alreadyThis is pure surmise on my part. He was glad to have his surmise confirmed.

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