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Sur-mise
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | guess, conclusion |
| Synonyms: | assumption, attempt, conjecture, deduction, guesstimate, guesswork, hunch, hypothesis, idea, inference, notion, opinion, possibility, presumption, sneaking suspicion, speculation, supposition, suspicion, theory, thought |
| Notes: | demise is the time when something ends or death; surmise is a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete or little evidence |
| Antonyms: | calculation, knowledge, measurement |
| Main Entry: | assume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | believe, take for granted |
| Synonyms: | accept, ascertain, be afraid, be inclined to think, conclude, conjecture, consider, count upon, deduce, deem, divine, estimate, expect, fall for, fancy, find, gather, get the idea, guess, have a hunch, have sneaking suspicion, hypothesize, imagine, infer, judge, posit, postulate, predicate, presume, presuppose, speculate, suppose, surmise, suspect, theorize, think, understand |
| 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: | doubt, not believe |
| Main Entry: | assumption |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | taking something for granted; something expected |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, accepting, assuming, belief, conjecture, expectation, fancy, guess, hunch, hypothesis, inference, posit, postulate, postulation, premise, presumption, presupposition, shot in the dark, shot*, sneaking suspicion, stab, supposal, supposition, surmise, suspicion, theorization, theory |
| Antonyms: | doubt, unexpected |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | belief |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | putting regard in as true |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, admission, assent, assumption, assurance, avowal, axiom, certainty, conclusion, confidence, conjecture, conviction, credence, credit, deduction, divination, expectation, faith, fancy, feeling, guess, hope, hypothesis, idea, impression, intuition, judgment, knowledge, mind, mindset, notion, opinion, persuasion, position, postulation, presumption, presupposition, profession, reliance, supposition, surmise, suspicion, theorem, theory, thesis, thinking, trust, understanding, view |
| Antonyms: | disbelief |
| Main Entry: | conclude |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decide, deduce |
| Synonyms: | add up to, adjudge, analyze, assume, be afraid, boil down to, collect, derive, draw, figure, gather, have a hunch, infer, intuit, judge, make, make out, presume, ratiocinate, reason, reckon, sum up, suppose, surmise, the way one sees it |
| Main Entry: | conjecture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | speculation, assumption |
| Synonyms: | conclusion, fancy, guess, guesstimate, guesswork, hunch, hypothesis, inference, notion, opinion, perhaps, presumption, shot in the dark, sneaking suspicion, stab in the dark, supposition, surmise, theorizing, theory |
| Antonyms: | fact, proof, reality, truth |
| Main Entry: | conjecture |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | speculate |
| Synonyms: | assume, believe, conceive, conclude, deem, estimate, expect, fancy, feel*, figure, gather, glean, guess, guesstimate, hazard a guess, hypothesize, imagine, infer, judge, presume, pretend, suppose, surmise, suspect, take a shot, take a stab, take for granted, theorize, think |
| Antonyms: | prove |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | decide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a determination; settle an issue |
| Synonyms: | adjudge, adjudicate, agree, arrive at conclusion, award, call shots, cast the die, choose, cinch, clinch, come to agreement, come to conclusion, come to decision, commit oneself, conclude, conjecture, decree, determine, draw a conclusion, elect, end, establish, figure, fix upon, form opinion, gather, go down line, guess, have final word, judge, make a decision, make up mind, mediate, opt, pick, poll, purpose, reach decision, resolve, rule, select, set, surmise, take a stand, tap, vote, will |
| Antonyms: | defer, delay, hesitate, postpone, procrastinate, put off, wait |
| Main Entry: | deduce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | figure out, understand |
| Synonyms: | add up, analyze, assume, be afraid, boil down, cogitate, collect, conceive, conclude, consider, deduct, deem, derive, draw, fancy, figure, gather, glean, have a hunch, imagine, infer, judge, make, make out, presume, presuppose, ratiocinate, read into, reason, regard, surmise, take to mean |
| Notes: | deduce means to conclude by reasoning or in logic; adduce means to cite as proof or evidence; deduct means to take away from or subtract from another |
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