different between surmise vs contemplate

English

Etymology

From Old French surmis, past participle of surmetre, surmettre (“to accuse”), from sur- (“upon”) + metre (“to put”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /s???ma?z/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /s??ma?z/
• Hyphenation: sur?mise

Noun

surmise (countable and uncountable, plural surmises)

1. Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess.
2. Reflection; thought; posit.

Translations

Verb

surmise (third-person singular simple present surmises, present participle surmising, simple past and past participle surmised)

1. To imagine or suspect; to conjecture; to posit with contestable premises.

Translations

Further reading

• surmise in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• surmise in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• misuser

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy?.miz/
• Homophones: surmisent, surmises

Verb

surmise

1. first-person singular present indicative of surmiser
2. third-person singular present indicative of surmiser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of surmiser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of surmiser
5. second-person singular imperative of surmiser

Anagrams

• mûrisse

English

Etymology

Attested since the 1590s; borrowed from Latin contempl?tus, from contemplari (“observe, survey”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?n.t?m?ple?t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?n.t?m?ple?t/
• Hyphenation: con?tem?plate

Verb

contemplate (third-person singular simple present contemplates, present participle contemplating, simple past and past participle contemplated)

1. To look at on all sides or in all its aspects; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study, ponder, or consider.
2. To consider as a possibility.
   • 1793 February 18, Alexander Hamilton, Loans, speech given to the United States House of Representatives:

     There remain some particulars to complete the information contemplated by those resolutions.

   • 1826, James Kent, Commentaries on American Law

     If a treaty contains any stipulations which contemplate a state of future war.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:ponder
• (look at): examine

Derived terms

• contemplative

Related terms

• contemplation

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “contemplate”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Italian

Verb

contemplate

1. second-person plural present indicative of contemplare
2. second-person plural imperative of contemplare
3. feminine plural of contemplato

Anagrams

• completante

Latin

Participle

contempl?te

1. vocative masculine singular of contempl?tus