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Uncommonsurmise
The correct spelling is surmise.
How to pronounce surmise
/sɜːˈmaɪz/
nounIPA: /sɜːˈmaɪz/
Say it like: Sur-mis-e
The correct spelling is surmise. Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess. For example: "surmises of jealousy or of envy"
Usage Examples
“surmises of jealousy or of envy”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess.
- 2.Reflection; thought; posit.
verb
- 1.To imagine or suspect; to conjecture; to posit with contestable premises.
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