Words Related to Certainty and Doubt

Words Related to Certainty and Doubt - Assessment and Speculation 3

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Here you will learn some English words related to assessment and speculation, such as "surmise", "speculation", and "predict".
to [miss] the markphrase

to fail in achieving the desired result

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notionaladjective

being solely based on imagination or theory rather that reality

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off the markphrase

wrong and inaccurate

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off the top of {one's} headphrase

from one's memory, without spending time to carefully consider or think

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to overrateverb

to give something or someone more credit than is deserved

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to predict
to predictverb

to say that something is going to happen before it actually takes place

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predictionnoun

the act of saying what one thinks is going to happen in the future or what the outcome of something will be

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to [put] two and two togetherphrase

to evaluate the situation and all its possible outcomes in order to draw a conclusion

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to reappraiseverb

to reassess someone or something to see whether one's opinion was correct or not

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to reassessverb

to put something under further consideration or evaluation

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reassessmentnoun

the reevaluation someone or reconsideration of one's opinion of something to see whether it needs revising

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to re-evaluateverb

to reconsider something, especially with the intention to make changes or form another opinion about it

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re-evaluationnoun

‌the act of reconsidering something, especially with the intention to make changes or form another opinion about it

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re-examinationnoun

a process that involves detailed inspection of something, especially to confirm or change the previously held opinion

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to re-examineverb

to inspect something in detail, especially to confirm or change the previously held opinion

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to second-guessverb

to predict or anticipate an event or someone's reaction

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to speculateverb

to form a theory or opinion about a subject without knowing all the facts

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speculationnoun

the creation of theories or opinions about something with no fact or proof

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speculativeadjective

according to opinions or guesses instead of facts

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speculativelyadverb

in a way that shows one's decisions are merely based on estimations or personal opinions rather than actual facts

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to surmiseverb

to come to a conclusion without enough evidence

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surmisenoun

an estimation that points out the validity of something without sufficient evidence to confirm it

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to suspectverb

to think that something is probably true, especially something bad, without having proof

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to suppose
to supposeverb

to think or believe that something is possible or true, without being sure

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suppositionnoun

something such as an idea, claim, belief, etc that one believes to be true even though it is yet to be proved

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to surveyverb

to take a closer look at something, especially thoroughly in order to investigate

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surveynoun

an inspection of opinions or experiences of a specific group of people that is usually done in the from of questions

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ten out of tenphrase

used to express satisfaction or admiration for someone who is completely correct or did something flawlessly

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to tossverb

to make a decision by throwing a coin in the air and guessing which of its sides will be facing upward when it lands

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to underestimateverb

to regard something or someone as smaller or less important than they really are

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underestimationnoun

an unfavorable judgment or estimation that is too low

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value judgementnoun

an assessment of the worth or quality of someone or something that is mostly based on personal opinions rather than facts

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warmadjective

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

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to read {one's} (mind|thoughts)verb

to know what another person is thinking

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long shotnoun

an attempt made without having any high hopes of achieving success

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