| predictable | | |
| adj. | 1. predictable | capable of being foretold. |
| ~ sure, certain | certain to occur; destined or inevitable.; "he was certain to fail"; "his fate is certain"; "In this life nothing is certain but death and taxes"; "he faced certain death"; "sudden but sure regret"; "he is sure to win" |
| ~ foreseeable | capable of being anticipated.; "foreseeable costs were well within the budget" |
| ~ inevitable | invariably occurring or appearing.; "the inevitable changes of the seasons" |
| 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" |
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