opinion, view - a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof; "his opinions appeared frequently on the editorial page"

divination - successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck

approximation, estimate, estimation, idea - an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth; "an estimate of what it would cost"; "a rough idea how long it would take"

anticipate, expect - regard something as probable or likely; "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow"

suspect - hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty; "The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks"

forebode, predict, prognosticate, foretell, promise, anticipate, call - make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election"

suspect, surmise - imagine to be the case or true or probable; "I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it"

speculate - talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion; "We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal"

compute, calculate, cipher, cypher, figure, reckon, work out - make a mathematical calculation or computation

quantise, quantize - telecommunications: approximate (a signal varying continuously in amplitude) by one whose amplitude is restricted to a prescribed set of discrete values

misgauge - gauge something incorrectly or improperly

put, place, set - estimate; "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M."

give - estimate the duration or outcome of something; "He gave the patient three months to live"; "I gave him a very good chance at success"

lowball, underestimate - make a deliberately low estimate; "The construction company wanted the contract badly and lowballed"

assess - estimate the value of (property) for taxation; "Our house hasn't been assessed in years"

make - calculate as being; "I make the height about 100 feet"

reckon, count - take account of; "You have to reckon with our opponents"; "Count on the monsoon"

truncate - approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one; "truncate a series"

guesstimate - estimate based on a calculation

figure out, puzzle out, solve, lick, work out, work - find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of; "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the math problem"

tell - discern or comprehend; "He could tell that she was unhappy"