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an inferring, theorising or predicting from incomplete or uncertain evidence; guesswork; conjecturing.
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an inference, theory or prediction based on guesswork; guess; a conjecture.
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a way or method in which something is done or happens or must happen or be done; mode or fashion of procedure; manner.
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a condition of uncertainty; a doubt.
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the act or an instance of suspecting guilt, a wrong, harmfulness, etc. with little or no supporting evidence and the feeling or state of the mind of a person who suspects.
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(rhet.) a fig. of speech which consists in a notion, expressed in a peculiarly striking manner, of a thing established by a proof.
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ಅನುಮಾನದ ಲಾಭ anumānada lābha assumption of a person's innocence, rightness, faultlessness, etc., rather than the contrary in the absence of proof; benefit of the doubt; ಅನುಮಾನವೇ ದೊಡ್ಡ ರೋಗ anumānavē doḍḍa rōga (prov.) lack of trust or certainty is the source of failure.