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think, cogitate, cerebrate go
use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments

reason go
think logically

speculate go
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

pretend, venture, hazard, guess go
put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation

call, promise, anticipate, prognosticate, foretell, predict, forebode
make a prediction about

verb.communication

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read go
interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky
second-guess, outguess go
attempt to anticipate or predict
augur go
predict from an omen
bet, wager go
maintain with or as if with a bet
forecast, calculate go
predict in advance
prophesy, vaticinate go
predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration