surmising

Meanings

• verb

  make an informed guess or judgment

• verb

  form an opinion or judgment beforehand, often without having all the facts

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with surmising
perishing , disperising , persisting , cursing , nursing

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Variants

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surmise , surmised , surmises , surmising

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Forms

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surmisings, surmised, surmisingly

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Etymology

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from surmise + -ing, from Old French surmis 'above, beyond' + present participle of mesir 'judge, measure'

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Trivia

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1. The word 'surmise' first appeared in English in the late 15th century.

2. The longest word that can be spelled using letters that appear only in the word 'surmising' is 'surmisingly'.

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Related Concepts

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1. deduction: Surmising is a form of deduction, where one infers a conclusion based on available evidence.

2. intuition: Surmising can also be influenced by intuition, which is the ability to understand something instinctively, without conscious reasoning.

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Culture

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Surmising is often used in literature, particularly in mystery novels, to build suspense and create intrigue. It is also used in everyday language to describe making an educated guess or forming an opinion without all the facts.

How to Memorize "surmising"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a detective making a surmising based on the clues he has gathered.
   - Visualize yourself making an informed guess based on the information available to you.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'surmising' with 'guessing' or 'judging'.
   - Associate the word with the image of a detective solving a mystery.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Surmising starts with S, so does Suspect.'
   - Create a sentence using the word 'surmising' to help remember its meaning.

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