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Noun surmise has 1 sense
  1. guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis - a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
    --1 is a kind of opinion, view
    --1 has particulars: divination
    Derived forms: verb surmise2, verb surmise1
,Verb surmise has 2 senses
  1. surmise - infer from incomplete evidence
    --1 is one way to     deduce, infer, deduct, derive
    Derived forms: noun surmise1, noun surmisal1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
  2. suspect, surmise - imagine to be the case or true or probable; "I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it"
    --2 is one way to guess, venture, pretend, hazard
    Derived form: noun surmise1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
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