Plural of surmise
regular plural
The plural of surmise is surmises.
Forms of surmise
| Singular | surmise /sɜːˈmaɪz/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | surmises |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Surmises in a sentence
- surmises of jealousy or of envy
- No word had been said to give me anything to think about, and any surmises I might make were unwarranted.1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter 32, in The Moon and Sixpence: A Novel (Heinemann's Colonial Library of Popular Fiction), London...
- Aitkenhead surmises sceptically that her friend's son, enrolled on a photography degree, "will almost certainly not" get the job he wants.2009 February 5, Rick Trainor, “Universities are not guilty of deluding students and employers”, in The Guardian. From the entry sceptically
- The military intelligence confidently surmises that their ethnic origin is either from the skylands in the clouds of Jupiter or from Uranus.2022, Yoda Oraiah, Cosmism: A New Hope for Humanity, FriesenPress, →ISBN, page 198. From the entry skyland
- What right had they to expect serious men of science to suspend their labours in order to waste time in examining their wild surmises?1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html)…. From the entry self-evident
Meaning of surmise
- noun Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess.
- noun Reflection; thought; posit.
- verb To imagine or suspect; to conjecture; to posit with contestable premises.
Questions about the plural of surmise
- What is the plural of surmise?
- The plural of surmise is surmises.
- Is surmise countable?
- Surmise is a countable and uncountable noun.
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