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surmising

surmising noun: the act of making surmises. Also the present participle and gerund of surmise.

Noun

surmising (plural surmisings)

  1. The act of making surmises.
    • And not only so but mutual jealousies soon begin to prevail, and evil surmisings with regard to each other; and from evil surmisings soon springs a firm belief corresponding to these surmisings; and from this belief comes evil speaking[…]a. 1758, Jonathan Edwards, Charity the Veil of Sins

Also used as

surmising is also the present participle and gerund of surmise.

Forms of surmising

pluralsurmisings

Questions about surmising

What does surmising mean?
Surmising means the act of making surmises.
What part of speech is surmising?
Surmising is a noun.
What is the plural of surmising?
The plural of surmising is surmisings.

Words near surmising in the dictionary

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

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