guess
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(verb) guess correctly; solve by guessing |
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Synonyms: infer |
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Related Words: figure out, lick, puzzle out, solve, tell, work |
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(verb) out forward, of a guess |
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Synonyms: hazard, venture |
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Related Words: anticipate, call, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise, speculate, surmise, suspect |
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(noun) an estimate based on little or no information |
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Synonyms: dead reckoning, guessing, guesswork, shot |
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Related Words: approximation, estimate, estimation, idea |
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(noun) a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence |
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Synonyms: conjecture, hypothesis, speculation, supposition, surmise |
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Related Words: opinion, view |
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(verb) form an opinion about; judge tentatively; form an estimate of, esp. quantities or time; "I estimate this chicken to weigh at three pounds" |
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Synonyms: approximate, estimate, gauge, judge |
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Related Words: calculate, cipher, compute, count, cypher, figure, give, guesstimate, lowball, make, misgauge, place, put, reckon, reckon, set, underestimate |
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(verb) expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen" |
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Synonyms: imagine, reckon, suppose, think |
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Related Words: anticipate, divine, expect, suspect |
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