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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trust, rely on |
| Synonyms: | accept, accredit, admit, affirm, attach weight to, be certain of, be convinced of, be credulous, be of the opinion, buy*, conceive, conclude, consider, count on, credit, deem, fall for, give credence to, have, have faith in, have no doubt, hold, keep the faith, lap up, place confidence in, posit, postulate, presume true, presuppose, reckon on, regard, rest assured, suppose, swallow*, swear by, take as gospel, take at one's word, take for granted, take it, think, trust, understand |
| Antonyms: | disbelieve, distrust |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | count on/count upon |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depend on; rely |
| Synonyms: | aim for, bank on, bargain for, believe, believe in, bet bottom dollar, bet on, expect from, heed, lean on, pin faith on, place confidence in, plan on, reckon on, rest on, score, stake on, swear by, tab, take as gospel truth, take for granted, take on trust, trust |
| Antonyms: | disbelieve, distrust, not expect |
| Main Entry: | imagine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assume, deduce |
| Synonyms: | apprehend, believe, conjecture, deem, expect, fancy, gather, guess, infer, presume, realize, reckon, suppose, surmise, suspect, take for granted, take it, think, understand |
| Antonyms: | know |
| Main Entry: | postulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suppose, figure |
| Synonyms: | advance, affirm, assert, assume, aver, estimate, guess, hypothesize, posit, predicate, premise, presuppose, propose, put forward, speculate, suppose, take for granted, theorize |
| Antonyms: | calculate |
| 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: | suppose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assume, guess |
| Synonyms: | accept, admit, brainstorm, calculate, conjecture, cook up, dare-say, deem, divine, dream, estimate, expect, figure, go out on a limb, grant, guesstimate, hazard a guess, hypothesize, imagine, infer, judge, opine, posit, predicate, presume, presuppose, pretend, spark, speculate, surmise, suspect, take, take for granted, theorize, think, understand |
| Antonyms: | calculate, know, measure |
| Main Entry: | understand |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think, believe |
| Synonyms: | accept, assume, be informed, concede, conceive, conclude, conjecture, consider, count on, deduce, expect, fancy, feel for, gather, guess, hear, imagine, infer, learn, presume, reckon, suppose, surmise, suspect, take for granted, take it |
| Notes: | the use of 'appreciate' should involve valuing something or understanding it sympathetically, and when there is no value or sympathy, use 'recognize' or 'understand'; appreciate first meant 'set at a price; appraised' |
| Antonyms: | disbelieve, mistake |
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