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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hypothesize |
| Synonyms: | announce, assume, begin, commence, introduce, posit, postulate, predicate, presume, presuppose, start, state, suppose |
| Notes: | a premise is a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; premises are land and buildings together considered as a place of business |
| Antonyms: | be factual |
| Main Entry: | presume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make assumption; believe |
| Synonyms: | assume, bank on, be afraid, conclude, conjecture, consider, count on, depend, figure, gather, guess, infer, jump the gun, posit, postulate, predicate, premise, presuppose, pretend, rely, speculate, suppose, surmise, take for granted, take it, think, trust |
| Notes: | assume means 'suppose to be the case, without proof; take for granted'; presume means 'suppose that something is the case on the basis of probability; take for granted that something exists or is the case' |
| Antonyms: | disbelieve |
| Main Entry: | posit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suppose |
| Synonyms: | assume, be afraid, conceive, conclude, conjecture, consider, deem, dream, expect, fancy, feel, gather, have a hunch, have sneaking suspicion, hypothesize, imagine, judge, postulate, premise, presume, presuppose, pretend, reckon, regard, suspect, swear by, take as gospel truth, take stock in, take*, think, understand, view |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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