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v. form or construct theories; "he thinks and theorizes all day"

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think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess

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"

postulate, posit

v. take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom; "He posited three basic laws of nature"

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

v. judge to be probable

predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise

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

speculate

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"

suspect, surmise

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

suppose, say

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?"

bet, wager

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

guess, venture, pretend, hazard

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"

gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance

v. take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"

risk, put on the line, lay on the line

v. expose to a chance of loss or damage; "We risked losing a lot of money in this venture"; "Why risk your life?"; "She laid her job on the line when she told the boss that he was wrong"

queer, expose, scupper, endanger, peril

v. put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position

consider

v. regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem; "Please consider your family"

propose, suggest, advise

v. make a proposal, declare a plan for something; "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax"

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