daresaying

verb

present participle of daresay
as in assuming
to form an opinion from little or no evidence I daresay we might manage to finish on time after all

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  1. assuming
  2. guessing
  3. supposing
  4. thinking
Verb
  • Resilience has never depended on assuming prevention will work every time.
    — Rick Vanover, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Optimism isn’t about ignoring problems or assuming everything will work out.
    — Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of assuming
Verb
  • Sorry to say it, but right now, guessing is what many are doing.
    — Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
  • LaBranche has become a master of sleight of hand and confusing defenses as the Warriors utilize a ton of misdirection and a plethora of running backs to keep the opposition guessing about who is getting the ball.
    — Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of guessing
Verb
  • More recently, other experts have advised American farmers to go all out growing soybeans, supposing they will be needed by the Chinese or somebody.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Even supposing the pledges in the 1990s documents amounted to a crime, the legal deadline for bringing mortgage fraud charges has expired.
    — Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 8 Dec. 2025
Definition of supposing
Verb
  • Linear thinking deals with inscriptions that record past traces.
    — Alec Mapes-Frances, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Klum and her team started thinking about this year's ensemble basically the minute Halloween 2025 ended.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of thinking
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