vermoeden — meaning in English
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English meaning
- conjecture noun A guess or opinion formed without solid proof.
- inkling noun A slight hint or vague idea about something.
- presumption noun Something accepted as probably true without direct proof, or the act of assuming it.
- speculate verb To guess or form a theory about something without having solid proof.
- suppose verb To assume or believe something without full proof.
- surmise verb To guess or conclude something without solid proof.
- suspect verb To think that something is probably true, without having proof.
- theorem noun A mathematical statement that has been formally proven true.
- think verb To use one's mind to consider, reason about, or form an opinion.
Senses
vermoeden is used for these senses in English:
- conjecture (formal) A supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis.
- conjecture (mathematics, philology) A statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven.
- inkling Usually preceded by forms of to give: a slight hint, implication, or suggestion given., A vague idea about something.
- inkling Often preceded by forms of to get or to have: an imprecise idea or slight knowledge of something; a suspicion.
- speculate (intransitive) To make an inference based on inconclusive evidence; to surmise or conjecture.
- suppose (transitive) To theorize or hypothesize.
- surmise Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess.
- surmise (intransitive) To imagine or suspect; to conjecture; to posit with contestable premises.
conjecture — full definition
- noun A guess or opinion formed without solid proof.
- verb To guess or form an opinion without full proof.