(v): 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
(v): expect, believe, or suppose
(v): regard something as probable or likely
(v): to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
(v): regard something as probable or likely
(v): take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand
(v): take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof
(v): require as a necessary antecedent or precondition
(v): suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic
This is a nice sentence qualifier so you can backtrack later :)
No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is suppose that they are like himself.
--John Steinbeck, 1961, The Winter of Our Discontent