Words Related to Certainty and Doubt

Words Related to Certainty and Doubt - Assessment and Speculation 2

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Here you will learn some English words related to assessment and speculation, such as "hypothesis", "forecast", and "evaluate".
to evaluateverb

to calculate the amount, importance, number, or value of something or someone

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evaluationnoun

a judgment on the quantity and quality of anything after carefully considering

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evaluativeadjective

relating to forming or giving an opinion about the qualities or values of something upon adequate consideration

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examination
examinationnoun

the process of looking closely at something to see if there are any issues

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to examineverb

to analyze someone or something in detail

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to expectverb

to think or believe that it is possible for something to happen or for someone to do something

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to extrapolateverb

to estimate something using the information that one has

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extrapolationnoun

the act of using known facts or existing trends in order to conclude or estimate something assuming that the current trends or facts will remain relevant

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finger in the airphrase

(of an estimate or method) unscientific or inaccurate

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to forecastverb

to predict the coming events, based on the existing information

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forecast
forecastnoun

a prediction of what will happen such as a change in the weather

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to get something in onephrase

to immediately comprehend or guess something in the first try

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to get the measure ofphrase

to carefully assess someone's character or qualities, or to form an opinion about something

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giveawaynoun

something that inadvertently reveals something or makes something easy to guess

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to guess
to guessverb

to consider something as true without being sure

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guess
guessnoun

an attempt to give an answer without having enough facts

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guessing gamenoun

*** a situation in which you do not know what is going to happen or what somebody is going to do

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guesstimatenoun

an attempt made to estimate or calculate something without knowing all the facts

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guessworknoun

the process of guessing something due to insufficient information; the result of this process

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to hazardverb

to state an opinion, guess, suggestion, etc. even though there are chances of one being wrong

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to [hit] the markphrase

to succeed in achieving the desired result

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hotadjective

used specifically in children’s games to say that someone is getting close in guessing the correct answer or finding a hidden person or object

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hypothesisnoun

an explanation based on limited facts and evidence that is not yet proved to be true

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to imagine
to imagineverb

to have confidence or faith in the truth or existence of something without absolute proof or certain knowledge

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to judgeverb

to form an estimation about the size, amount, etc. of something

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