theorize

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to guess
guessGuess who called yesterday?
estimateThey estimate that the work will take at least ten weeks.
divineMum had divined my state of mind rather shrewdly.
surmiseFrom the expression on his face, she surmised that something bad had happened.
conjectureIt would be reasonable to conjecture that lack of exercise contributed to his obesity.
speculateA spokesperson declined to speculate on the cause of the plane crash.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Guessing, supposing and suspecting
approximate
as muchidiom
conjecture
consider
deem
draw
fall
guess
jump
jump to conclusionsidiom
mark
mark someone down as something
misjudge
misjudgment
pluck
presuppose
supposably
surmise
think of something
unguessable

Examples of surmised

surmised

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

The sonic properties of this system can be surmised from figure 2, a sonogram of fifteen particles in the potential.
This second ' information barrier ' is surmised to play an important role in lowering second-pillar costs by reducing the incentives for marketing and advertising.
The pitch relation between the last note of one phrase and the first note of the next can only be surmised.
It may be surmised that such a structure was indeed the model, but that it was disguised by the removal of the refrain.
That this latter suggestion is a real possibility may be surmised from the observation that sporocyst residual bodies occasionally escape from the sporocyst intact.
The logic of computers may, he surmised, provide criteria for spelling efficiency and a motive for spelling-reform which at present we can scarcely conceive of.
Therefore, it is surmised that temperature is especially sensitive to variations in solar energy on a mean scale (60 m).
Why the significance of this action was not picked up can only be surmised.
Two major changes in the australopithecine body made this possible, one clearly documented and the other surmised on reasonable grounds.
Many investigators have surmised that reduced-chemical and organic crop production require the input of a higher level of human capital than does conventional production.
As some readers may have surmised, many of these 'parsings' of the music relate to (pre-)compositional (serial) structures.
It must not be surmised from the close relationship between corruption and poverty that it is exclusively a developing country problem.
It is surmised that they are also essential for a sucessful pregnancy, but as yet the evidence is not good.
The maternal tissue that hosts trophoblast, the decidua, is rich in immune cells whose functions can only be surmised.
In past centuries, diaries were ostensibly private, even though a reader or fictional addressee was always surmised or at least implied.
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