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speculation, conjecture, supposition, guess

n. a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

v. infer from incomplete evidence

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

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

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"

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

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

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?"

guesstimate

v. estimate based on a calculation

guess, infer

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

try, judge, adjudicate

v. put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of; "The football star was tried for the murder of his wife"; "The judge tried both father and son in separate trials"

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"

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