1. (verb) suppose, say
express a supposition
Synonyms: hypothecate, presuppose, guess, sound out, state, theorise, hypothesize, say, enunciate, speculate, reckon, suppose, aver, articulate, hypothesise, imagine, pronounce, enjoin, think, theorize, allege, read, opine, tell, order, enounce, conjecture
2. (verb) think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess
expect, believe, or suppose
Synonyms: approximate, call back, cerebrate, bet, speak out, suppose, look, reckon, hypothesise, work out, mean, view, retrieve, figure, speculate, pretend, gauge, envisage, call up, infer, judge, see, say, guess, theorize, conjecture, depend, think, calculate, cypher, venture, intend, hypothesize, opine, recollect, speak up, hazard, imagine, compute, theorise, sound off, regard, animadvert, presuppose, recall, believe, count, hypothecate, ideate, estimate, consider, remember, cogitate, forecast, cipher, conceive, conceive of, count on
3. (verb) speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose
to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
Synonyms: hypothecate, presuppose, guess, contemplate, think, theorise, conjecture, say, reflect, chew over, excogitate, reckon, suppose, imagine, hypothesise, mull over, think over, ponder, theorize, muse, ruminate, hypothesize, meditate, opine, mull, speculate, job
4. (verb) presuppose, suppose
take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand
Synonyms: opine, hypothesise, imagine, hypothecate, say, theorize, guess, reckon, speculate, conjecture, hypothesize, theorise, think, suppose, presuppose
5. (verb) presuppose, suppose
require as a necessary antecedent or precondition
Synonyms: opine, hypothesise, imagine, hypothecate, say, theorize, guess, reckon, speculate, conjecture, hypothesize, theorise, think, suppose, presuppose
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