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Supposition

The act of supposing, laying down, imagining, or considering as true or existing, what is known not to be true, or what is not proved.

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Narrower term 11

Base 76% connected

Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs.

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Basis 76% connected

The foundation of anything; that on which a thing rests.

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Conclusion 76% connected

The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

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Divination 76% connected

The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events; the pretended art discovering secret or future by preternatural means.

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Foundation 76% connected

The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.

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Fundament 76% connected

Foundation.

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Given 76% connected

of Give

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Groundwork 76% connected

That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle.

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Precondition 76% connected

A previous or antecedent condition; a preliminary condition.

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Presumption 76% connected

The act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; the act of assuming or taking for granted; belief upon incomplete proof.

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Presupposition 76% connected

The act of presupposing; an antecedent implication; presumption.

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Conjecture 76% connected

An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion.

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Hypothesis 76% connected

A supposition; a proposition or principle which is supposed or taken for granted, in order to draw a conclusion or inference for proof of the point i…

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Opinion 76% connected

That which is opined; a notion or conviction founded on probable evidence; belief stronger than impression, less strong than positive knowledge; sett…

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Possibility 76% connected

The quality or state of being possible; the power of happening, being, or existing.

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Theory 76% connected

A doctrine, or scheme of things, which terminates in speculation or contemplation, without a view to practice; hypothesis; speculation.

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View 76% connected

The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection.

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Conjecture 74% connected

An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion.

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Conjecture 74% connected

An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion.

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Hypothetic 74% connected

Alt. of Hypothetical

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Hypothetic 74% connected

Alt. of Hypothetical

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Reckon 74% connected

To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.

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Reckon 74% connected

To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.

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Say 74% connected

Saw.

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Say 74% connected

Saw.

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Theorize 74% connected

To form a theory or theories; to form opinions solely by theory; to speculate.

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Theorize 74% connected

To form a theory or theories; to form opinions solely by theory; to speculate.

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Assumption 92% connected

The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting.

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Conjecture 92% connected

An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion.

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Guess 92% connected

To form an opinion concerning, without knowledge or means of knowledge; to judge of at random; to conjecture.

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Hypothesis 92% connected

A supposition; a proposition or principle which is supposed or taken for granted, in order to draw a conclusion or inference for proof of the point i…

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Speculation 92% connected

The act of speculating.

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Supposal 92% connected

The act of supposing; also, that which is supposed; supposition; opinion.

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Surmisal 92% connected

Surmise.

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Surmise 92% connected

A thought, imagination, or conjecture, which is based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess; as, the surmisses of jealousy or of envy.

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