Speculate about causes

Synonyms for "speculate about causes" (15 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Noun(3 words)

causal hypothesiscaution caveat

Strong matches (5)

Noun(5 words)

conjecture disclaimereducated guessguess hypothesis

Related words (7)

Noun(7 words)

hypothesize inference note supposition surmisetentative explanationtheorize

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academic practicecritical thinkingexplanation inferencemental activityreason reasoning theory think thoughtwriting strategy

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9 entries

causal hypothesiscaveat disclaimereducated guessinference notepossible explanationtentative explanationtheoretical explanation

Collocations

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causal hypothesiscausal reasoningconjecture about causeseducated guesshypothesis formationinformed speculationreasonable speculationspeculation about causesspeculation on causesspeculative reasoningtentative explanation

Inflections

4 entries

speculated speculates speculating speculations

Derivations

5 entries

speculate speculation speculative speculatively speculator

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