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surmises

surmises is the plural of surmise.

surmises is the third-person singular simple present indicative of surmise.

Meaning of surmise

Noun

surmise (countable and uncountable, plural surmises)

  1. Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess.
    • surmises of jealousy or of envy
  2. Reflection; thought; posit.
    • My Thought, whoſe Murther yet is but fantaſticall, / Shakes ſo my ſingle ſtate of Man, / That Function is ſmother'd in ſurmiſe, / And nothing is, but what is not.c. 1606?, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies, London: Printed by Isaac...

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Questions about surmises

What is surmises the plural of?
Surmises is the plural of surmise.

Words near surmises in the dictionary

  1. surmise
  2. surmised
  3. surmisedly
  4. surmiser
  5. surmisers
  6. surmises
  7. surmising
  8. surmisings
  9. surmission
  10. surmissions
  11. surmit

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