fin: olettamus

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Meaning
means	(noun) a hypothesis that is taken for granted; "any society is built upon certain assumptions" supposition, supposal, assumption
means	(noun) a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence surmise, supposition, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis, guess, conjecture
means	(noun) a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence); "speculations about the outcome of the election"; "he dismissed it as mere conjecture" conjecture, speculation
means	(noun) a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena; "a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory"; "he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices" hypothesis, theory, possibility
means	(noun) the cognitive process of supposing supposition, supposal
means	(noun) an assumption that is taken for granted precondition, presumption, given