surmise
verb (used with object)
to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess.
has surmised
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present perfectof surmise (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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From the journals Metcalfe has surmised that Vivien, herself a brilliant literary scholar and teacher, had willfully lived out her marriage under Blundy’s shadow, the dutiful handmaiden to a literary eminence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025
One of his tactics, or so the artist has surmised, was starting a flood on the unit above him that temporarily forced him to evacuate.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
The ability to spread more easily from person to person appears to be the superpower that is driving an upstart sibling of the Omicron variant into wide circulation, a group of scientists has surmised.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2022
Ricky Ponting, a measured commentator on this series, has surmised that eight of the original touring party to England 2015 may never play Test cricket again after the game at The Kia Oval.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 8, 2015
The reader has surmised, that the worthy old man had sipped at the fountain of executive patronage.
From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by A Sexton of the Old School
