| VERB | communication | hypothecate | pledge without delivery or title of possession |
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| cognition | hypothecate, speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, suppose | to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds |
| Meaning | pledge without delivery or title of possession. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | pledge | Give as a guarantee |
| Spanish | hipotecar, pignorar | |
| Meaning | To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Model | They hypothecate that there was a traffic accident | |
| Synonyms | speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, suppose | |
| Narrower | explicate, formulate, develop | elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses |
| reconstruct, construct, retrace | reassemble mentally | |
| Broader | expect, anticipate | regard something as probable or likely |
| Spanish | conjeturar, especular, hipotetizar, imaginar, suponer, teorizar | |
| Catalan | conjecturar, especular, fer hipòtesis, imaginar, suposar, teoritzar | |
| Nouns | hypothesis | a tentative insight into the natural world |
| hypothesis | a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence | |
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