0 to guess something, without having much or any proof: --
[ + (that) ] The police surmise (that) the robbers have fled the country.
1 a guess: --
2 to decide that something is true without having complete information or proof: --
[ + (that) clause ] I quickly surmised (that) my dinner companion was something of a bore.
More perhaps than might be surmised, because so many have adopted the system of buying through a building society.
The chronic nature of eating disorders and the numerous co-morbidities and complications suggest that people with eating disorders could be surmised to be high consumers of medical and social care.
He surmises that high covariance between this variable and the variable of government support for integration may be the reason net payments fall out in regression analysis.
While preliminary observations like this can only be surmised, more research is needed to get a better understanding of the open and closed nature of specific sound types.
However, it may be surmised that such women would also be working under childcare constraints and therefore their rates of effective fertility might be expected to be low.
Little is known (although much can be surmised) about the ecology of recalcitrant seeds, and there is even less information about evolutionary aspects of these seeds.
I surmised that those who support the current leadership were also likely to feel positively about the constitution that was created and adopted during the tenure of the regime.
We surmised from speaking with carers who initially agreed to participate but who when contacted to arrange a meeting time were too busy, that they were under considerable strain.
