1. reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence
2. a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence); "speculations about the outcome of the election"; "he dismissed it as mere conjecture"
3. a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
4. to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"

Similar Words: speculation, guess, supposition, surmise, surmisal, hypothesis, speculate, theorize, theorise, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose

 

Hyponyms: theorization, theorisation, supposition, supposal, divination, reconstruct, construct, retrace, explicate, formulate, develop

 

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