Surmise has 2 syllables and the stress is on the second syllable.
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| 1. | The tragedy has been so uncommon, so complete and of such personal importance to so many people, that we are suffering from a plethora of surmise, conjecture, and hypothesis. | |
| 2. | Those are the main facts of the case, stripped of all surmise, and stated as baldly as possible. | |
| 3. | "What do you think of my theory?" "It is all surmise." |