A statement or an idea which is unproven, but is thought to be true; a guess.
A statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven.
A supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis.
To infer on slight evidence; to guess at.
To guess; to venture an unproven idea.
An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of the rule.
Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule.
Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example).
Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
A person punished as a warning to others.
A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model.
To be illustrated or exemplified (by).