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[thee-uh-rahyz, theer-ahyz] 
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assumption
[uh-suhmp-shuhn]
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| 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: | postulation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assumption |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, accepting, assuming, belief, conjecture, expectation, fancy, guess, hunch, hypothesis, inference, posit, postulate, premise, presumption, presupposition, shot in the dark, shot*, sneaking suspicion, stab, supposal, supposition, surmise, suspicion, theorization, theory, thesis |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | presupposition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assumption |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, accepting, assuming, belief, conjecture, expectation, fancy, guess, hunch, hypothesis, inference, posit, postulate, postulation, premise, presumption, shot in the dark, shot*, sneaking suspicion, stab, supposal, supposition, surmise, suspicion, theorization, theory, thesis |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rumination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thought |
| Synonyms: | anticipation, apprehending, attention, brainwork, cerebration, cogitation, cognition, concluding, consideration, considering, contemplation, deducing, deduction, deliberation, deriving, discerning, excogitation, heed, hope, ideation, inducing, inferring, introspection, intuition, judging, knowing, logic, meditation, musing, perceiving, rationalization, rationalizing, realizing, reasoning, reflection, regard, scrutiny, seeing, speculation, study, theorization, thinking, understanding |
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| Main Entry: | thought |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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alembicated, catoptric, cogitabund, contemplative, deep, idiotropic, in the mind, introspective, lost in thought, meditative, museful, pensive, philosophastering, philosophical, platonic, reflective, refrangible, sedate, specular, speculative, studious, subvocal, thinking, thought of, thoughtful, under consideration, uppermost in the mind, wistful
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