Surmising

Synonyms for "surmising" (16 found)

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Noun(4 words)
guessworkguesswork orientedhypothetical in toneinfer

Related words (8)

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adjectival attributeadjectivebelievecognitive activityepistemic descriptorepistemic stanceinferintellectual activityreasoning processthink

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12 entries
conjecturaleducated guessguessing tendencyinferentialpreliminary hypothesispremature inferencepresumptivespeculative claimspeculative habitspeculative inferencetentative conclusiontentative inference

Collocations

17 entries
act of surmisingcautious surmisingeducated guessreasonable surmisingreasoned conjecturespeculative inferencesurmising aboutsurmising approachsurmising attitudesurmising based onsurmising conclusionssurmising interpretationsurmising methodsurmising processsurmising researchertentative conclusion

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Inflections

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more surmisingmost surmisingsurmisedsurmisessurmisings

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Sample sentences

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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[…]

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