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.
That which is expected or looked for.
The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.
The value of any chance (as the prospect of prize or property) which depends upon some contingent event.
The first moment; the long-run average value of a variable over many independent repetitions of an experiment.
The arithmetic mean.
The leaving of a disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure.
The prospect of the future; grounds upon which something excellent is expected to occur; prospect of anything good to come, especially of property or rank.