| surmise | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. conjecture, guess, hypothesis, speculation, supposition, surmisal, surmise | a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence. |
| ~ opinion, view | a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof.; "his opinions appeared frequently on the editorial page" |
| ~ divination | successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck. |
| v. (cognition) | 2. surmise | infer from incomplete evidence. |
| ~ deduce, derive, infer, deduct | reason by deduction; establish by deduction. |
| v. (communication) | 3. surmise, suspect | imagine to be the case or true or probable.; "I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it" |
| ~ hazard, guess, venture, pretend | put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation.; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong" |
| predict | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. anticipate, call, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise | make a prediction about; tell in advance.; "Call the outcome of an election" |
| ~ read | interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior.; "She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior"; "The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball" |
| ~ hazard, guess, venture, pretend | put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation.; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong" |
| ~ outguess, second-guess | attempt to anticipate or predict. |
| ~ augur | predict from an omen. |
| ~ bet, wager | maintain with or as if with a bet.; "I bet she will be there!" |
| ~ forecast, calculate | predict in advance. |
| ~ prophesy, vaticinate | predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration. |
| v. (communication) | 2. augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate | indicate by signs.; "These signs bode bad news" |
| ~ threaten | to be a menacing indication of something:.; "The clouds threaten rain"; "Danger threatens" |
| ~ bespeak, betoken, indicate, signal, point | be a signal for or a symptom of.; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued" |
| ~ foreshow | foretell by divine inspiration. |
| prophesy | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. prophesy, vaticinate | predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration. |
| ~ forebode, predict, prognosticate, foretell, promise, anticipate, call | make a prediction about; tell in advance.; "Call the outcome of an election" |
| ~ vaticinate | foretell through or as if through the power of prophecy. |
| ~ irradiate, enlighten | give spiritual insight to; in religion. |
| v. (communication) | 2. preach, prophesy | deliver a sermon.; "The minister is not preaching this Sunday" |
| ~ evangelise, evangelize | preach the gospel (to). |
| ~ lecture, talk | deliver a lecture or talk.; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?" |
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