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Verb
Past tense for to form a supposition
conjectured
supposed
presumed
assumed
imagined
guessed
speculated
surmised
thought
suspected
believed
hypothesisedUK
hypothesizedUS
theorisedUK
theorizedUS
expected
gathered
fancied
concluded
inferred
felt
daresayed
daresaid
deemed
suspicioned
conceived
gleaned
guesstimated
pretended
considered
deduced
predicted
prophesied
reasoned
regarded
took for granted
hazarded a guess
formed a theory
formulated a theory
took as a hypothesis
took a shot
formed opinion
looked upon
reckoned
judged
postulated
understood
opined
divined
worked out
sensed
construed
came to the conclusion
had a sneaking suspicion
risked assuming
ventured a guess
discerned
intuited
perceived
hazarded
apprehended
approximated
figured
premised
estimated
recognizedUS
anticipated
grasped
fathomed
ascertained
cognized
esteemed
presupposed
savvied
gaugedUK
ventured
called
previsioned
appreciated
foresaw
comprehended
implied
got
calculated
tumbled to
predicated
gat
saw
realizedUS
figured out
determined
discovered
sussed
forefelt
twigged
foreknew
suggested
placed
evaluated
realisedUK
visualizedUS
visualisedUK
picked
recognisedUK
gagedUS
caught on to
dare-said
dared say
cottoned on to
latched on to
sized up
got the picture
went out on a limb
cooked up
had a sneaking suspicion of
took a shot at
jumped to a conclusion
made a guess at
made an estimate of
formed an opinion of
picked out
dreamt up
took a stab at
thought likely
come to the conclusion
taken a stab
taken a shot
read
doped out
called it
put forward
read between lines
had a hunch
called the turn
brainstormed
posited
sayed
said
taken for granted
doped
hypothecated
offered
built castles in air
made guesses
psyched out
beat one's brains
made suppositions
kicked around
run it up flagpole
taken as a hypothesis
readen
ran it up flagpole
beaten one's brains
“A couple of scientists took a stab at answering this age-old question as part of a study published in the October issue of the journal Biological Psychology.”
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