speculate
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(verb) to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds: "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps." |
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Synonyms: conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesize, suppose, theorise, theorize |
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Related Words: anticipate, construct, develop, expect, explicate, formulate, reconstruct, retrace |
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(verb) indulge in speculations |
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Related Words: guess, hazard, reason, say, suppose, venture |
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(verb) invest at a risk |
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Synonyms: job |
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Related Words: bull, commit, invest, place, put |
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(verb) think about at length and in depth; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon" |
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Synonyms: chew over, contemplate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, think over |
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Related Words: bethink, brood, cerebrate, cogitate, cogitate, deliberate, dwell, introspect, question, think, wonder, worry |
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