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(n)
(formal) A statement or an idea which is unproven, but is thought to be true; a guess.
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(v)
(ambitransitive) To assume or assert tentatively on uncertain grounds.
To reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate.
(intransitive) To make an inference based on inconclusive evidence; to surmise or conjecture.
(transitive) To ponder, to go over in one's mind.
(intransitive) To formulate a theory, especially about some specific subject.
(transitive) To form a mental image of something; to envision or create something in one's mind.
(colloquial) To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an objective clause
(transitive) To pronounce.
(transitive) To pledge (something) as surety for a loan; to pawn, mortgage.
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of theorize. [(intransitive) To formulate a theory, especially about some specific subject.]
(transitive) To assume or suggest to be true (without proof); to take for granted, to suppose.
To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof.
An assumption.
To assume some truth without proof, usually for the purpose of reaching a conclusion based on that truth.
(intransitive) To imagine or suspect; to conjecture; to posit with contestable premises.
The act of making a guess; estimate or prediction; foresight.
(transitive, of a proposition) To have as a necessary consequence; to lead to (something) as a consequence.
(transitive) To imply, require, or invoke.
(adv)
Perhaps, possibly.
(transitive) To explicitly mention (something) as a possibility for consideration, often to recommend it.
(transitive) To think about seriously.
(transitive) To introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence.
(intransitive, transitive) To express an opinion; to state as an opinion; to suppose, consider (that).
(transitive) To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing).
(ambitransitive) To predict or believe that something will happen
Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality.
(degree) To a given extent or degree.
Naturally to demand (something) as indispensable; to need, to call for as necessary.
To cause or engage (someone or something) to become connected or implicated, or to participate, in some activity or situation.
(intransitive or with 'that' clause or 'to' infinitive) To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance.
(heading) To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally.
To collect normally separate things.
(ambitransitive) To be undecided about; to lack confidence in; to disbelieve, to question.
(transitive) To distrust or have doubts about (something or someone).
(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.
A drawing or diagram conveying information.
(transitive) To depict or describe vividly.
(transitive, ditransitive) To stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event; to wager.
A surname originating as a patronymic.
The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
To assume the existence of; to postulate.
(ditransitive) To hold in belief or estimation; to adjudge as a conclusion; to regard as being; to evaluate according to one's beliefs; to account.
One's concern for another; esteem; relation, reference.
(uncountable) The ability to do something.
Ought to; indicating opinion, advice, or instruction, about what is required or desirable.
Past tense of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.
(modal) In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.
(auxiliary, formal, dated) Indicating duty or obligation.
(now chiefly in the plural form means, also in a singular sense) A method or course of action used to achieve some result.
(transitive) To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of; to be certain that.
(adj)
confidently or arrogantly overstepping reasonable bounds.
(sentence adverb) Certainly, undoubtedly.
Certain in one's knowledge or belief.
Only, simply, merely.
(modal) Actually; in fact; in reality.
conditional of can
Possibly.
To intend.
In all likelihood.
(copulative) To appear; to look outwardly; to be perceived as.
Obsolete spelling of could. [conditional of can]
Misspelling of believe. [(transitive) To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing).]
Used to introduce a proposition to discussion without commitment to its truth
Able to be sensibly presumed.
To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
(transitive) To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.
(temporal location) At that time.
(conjunctive) Consequently, by or in consequence of that or this cause; referring to something previously stated.
Without doubt, surely.
In an obvious or clearly apparent manner.
Under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
(conjunctive) Nevertheless; yet, still; in spite of that.
Usually or as a general rule; commonly.
An utterance of the word dunno.
(conjunctive) Despite that; however.
(in combination) Attending or visiting (a stated event, place, etc.) habitually or regularly.
Inevitably; of necessity.
In a manner which makes the fact or conclusion evident; obviously; as may be clearly inferred.
Without motion.
(degree) Barely, only just, almost not.
To recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory.
(colloquial) A modal used to express a future action that is being planned or prepared for in the present.
(transitive) To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave, hanker, or demand.
In one way or another; in a way not yet known or explained; by some means
(modal) Truly; in fact; actually.
Without others or anything further; exclusively.
In reality; implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality.
(transitive) To bring to an end; to close; to finish.