guess :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

shot, dead reckoning, guesswork, guessing

n. an estimate based on little or no information

speculation, conjecture, supposition, surmise

n. a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

v. guess correctly; solve by guessing; "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize"

v. put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"

think, suppose, imagine, reckon

v. expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"

estimate, gauge, judge, approximate

v. judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"

assumption, supposition

n. a hypothesis that is taken for granted; "any society is built upon certain assumptions"

presumption, precondition, given, presupposition

n. an assumption that is taken for granted

assumption, premise, premiss

n. a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play"

supposition, supposal

n. the cognitive process of supposing

belief, dogma, tenet

n. a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof

hypothesis

n. a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations

prediction, foretelling, forecasting

n. a statement made about the future

interpret, construe, make sense of, make something of

v. make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?"

grasp, dig, compass, savvy, comprehend, apprehend, get the picture, understand

v. get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"

say, suppose

v. express a supposition; "Let us say that he did not tell the truth"; "Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?"

surmise, suspect

v. imagine to be the case or true or probable; "I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it"

bet, wager

v. maintain with or as if with a bet; "I bet she will be there!"

conjecture, speculate, suppose, theorize, theorise, hypothesize, hypothecate

v. to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"

conjecture, speculate, suppose, theorize, theorise, hypothesize, hypothecate

v. to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"

judge, pass judgment on, form an opinion of

v. form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people"

gather, understand, infer

v. believe to be the case; "I understand you have no previous experience?"

regard, view, see, reckon, take to be, consider

v. deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do"

propose, advise, suggest

v. make a proposal, declare a plan for something

venture

v. put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"

figure, estimate, forecast, reckon, calculate, count on

v. judge to be probable

measure, value, rate, appraise, evaluate, assess, place a valuation on, place a value on

v. place a value on; judge the worth of something; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional"

graduate, calibrate, fine tune

v. make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring; "calibrate an instrument"; "graduate a cylinder"

measure, quantify, express as a quantity

v. express as a number or measure or quantity; "Can you quantify your results?"

promise, anticipate, prognosticate, foretell, predict, forebode

v. make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election"

foresee, envision

v. picture to oneself; imagine possible; "I cannot envision him as President"

speculate, indulge in speculations

v. talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion; "We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal"

fact

n. a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened; "he supported his argument with an impressive array of facts"

reason, think logically

v. think logically; "The children must learn to reason"

reason, think logically

v. think logically; "The children must learn to reason"

acknowledge, recognize, know

v. declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten"

reason, think logically

v. think logically; "The children must learn to reason"

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