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adjective
Presumed to be true, real, or genuine, especially on inconclusive grounds
Synonyms: conjectural, alleged, hypothetical, assumed, supposititious, presumed, hypothetic, suppositional, suppositious, inferential, presumptive, divinatory, presupposed, putative, suppositive, reputed, theoretical, so-called
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adjective
Assumed to be such
Synonyms: putative, reputed
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verb
To regard in an appraising way
Synonyms: thought, reputed, believed
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verb
To oblige to do or not do by force of authority, propriety, or custom
Synonyms: required, expected
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verb
Expect, believe, or suppose
Synonyms: thought, assumed, reckoned, guessed, postulated, opined, deemed, imagined, presumed, said, believed, understood, surmised, theorized, suspected, speculated, judged, presupposed, implied, conjectured, expected, divined, considered, premised, concluded, conceived, allowed, posited
Antonyms: known, disbelieved
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verb
Assume, guess
Synonyms: surmised, speculated, inferred, guessed, conjectured
Antonyms: measured, known, calculated
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verb
Take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand
Synonyms: presupposed
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verb
Require as a necessary antecedent or precondition
Synonyms: presupposed
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verb
To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
Synonyms: hypothecated, hypothesized, conjectured, theorized, speculated