förmoda — meaning in English
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English meaning
- believe verb To accept something as true without being completely certain.
- conjecture noun A guess or opinion formed without solid proof.
- guess verb To form an answer or opinion without being sure it's correct.
- presume verb To accept something as true or likely without direct 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.
Senses
förmoda is used for these senses in English:
- guess (chiefly, US) to suppose, to imagine (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).
- presume (transitive) To assume or suggest to be true (without proof); to take for granted, to suppose. [from 14th c.]
- suppose (transitive, intransitive) To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe.
- surmise (intransitive) To imagine or suspect; to conjecture; to posit with contestable premises.
- suspect (transitive) To imagine or suppose (something) to be true, or to exist, without proof.
believe — full definition
- verb To accept something as true without being completely certain.
- verb To accept that a person is telling the truth.
- verb To have religious or spiritual faith.
- verb (with "in") To trust in someone's ability, or to feel something is right or worthwhile.
conjecture — full definition
- noun A guess or opinion formed without solid proof.
- verb To guess or form an opinion without full proof.