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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | surmise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come to a conclusion |
| Synonyms: | assume, conclude, conjecture, consider, deduce, fancy, guess, guesstimate, hazard a guess, hypothesize, imagine, infer, opine, presume, pretend, regard, risk assuming, speculate, suppose, suspect, take a shot, take a stab, theorize, think, venture a guess |
| Notes: | demise is the time when something ends or death; surmise is a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete or little evidence |
| Antonyms: | question, wonder |
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