Synonyms: think, suppose, opine, reckon, imagine, guess
Definition: expect, believe, or suppose
Usage: I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel; I thought to find her in a bad state; he didn't think to find her in the kitchen; I guess she is angry at me for standing her up
Similar words: anticipate, expect
Definition: regard something as probable or likely
Usage: The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow
Synonyms: theorise, theorize, suppose, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, conjecture
Definition: to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
Usage: Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps
Similar words: anticipate, expect
Definition: regard something as probable or likely
Usage: The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow
Synonyms: presuppose, suppose
Definition: require as a necessary antecedent or precondition
Usage: This step presupposes two prior ones
Similar words: imply
Definition: suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic
Synonyms: suppose, presuppose
Definition: take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand
Usage: I presuppose that you have done your work
Similar words: take for granted, assume, presume
Definition: take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof
Usage: I assume his train was late
Definition: express a supposition
Usage: Let us say that he did not tell the truth; Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?
Similar words: speculate
Definition: talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion
Usage: We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal