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假設 — meaning in English

jiǎ shè

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English meaning

  • creed noun A formal statement of religious or personal belief.
  • guess verb To form an answer or opinion without being sure it's correct.
  • prance verb To move about with high, springy steps, often showing off.
  • presume verb To accept something as true or likely without direct proof.

Senses

假設 is used for these senses in English:

  • creed (ambitransitive, obsolete, only survives in "creeded") To believe; to credit.
  • guess (chiefly, US) to suppose, to imagine (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).
  • prance (colloquial, figuratively) To strut about in a showy manner.
  • presume (transitive) To assume or suggest to be true (without proof); to take for granted, to suppose. [from 14th c.]

guess — full definition

  1. verb To form an answer or opinion without being sure it's correct.
  2. verb To suppose or think something is probably true.
  3. noun An answer or opinion given without certain knowledge.

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