suppositionnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˌsʌp.əˈzɪʃ.ən/us/ˌsʌp.əˈzɪʃ.ən/the fact of believing something is true without any proof or something that you believe to be true without any proof:
That article was based on pure supposition.
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Guesses and assumptions
- a shot in the dark idiom
- approximation
- assumption
- ballpark
- bet
- conjecture
- educated guess
- estimate
- guess
- guesstimate
- overestimate
- preception
- preconception
- presumption
- presupposition
- proposition
- shot
- sneaking
- surmise
- underestimate
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