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قیاس آرائی کرنا

English translation: To hypothesize, to presume, to theorize, to speculate

13:49 Jun 10, 2012
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Urdu term or phrase: قیاس آرائی کرنا
قیاس آرائی کرنا English word for that?
userone2345
Local time: 00:45
English translation:To hypothesize, to presume, to theorize, to speculate
Explanation:
Context is required to give a more specific term.
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Qudsia Lone
United States
Local time: 15:45
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Summary of answers provided
5 +5To hypothesize, to presume, to theorize, to speculate
Qudsia Lone
5To surmise; to guess
Dr. Muhammad Salman Riaz
5to compare, to rule, to guess, presumption, to suppose, to think, to conceive, to estimate.
Ayesha Ikram
4gaging/measuring/estimating (also evaluating)
Ekhlas


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
To hypothesize, to presume, to theorize, to speculate


Explanation:
Context is required to give a more specific term.

Qudsia Lone
United States
Local time: 15:45
Native speaker of: Urdu
PRO pts in category: 39
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Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Muneebkhan: to guess, to presume
6 hrs
agree  Muhammad Ikram
13 hrs
agree  Irshad Muhammad
13 hrs
agree  abufaraz
2 days 22 hrs
agree  Abdul Qayyum
3 days 5 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
To surmise; to guess


Explanation:
The given verb, in the context of Urdu, gives only one sense, and that is, "to make a guess about the possibility/likelihood of something."

Example sentence(s):
  • اقتصادی ماہرین پاکستان اور امریکہ کے بدلتے ہوئے حالات کے تناظر میں ہونے والی ممکنہ اقتصادی اتار چڑھائو کے بارے میں مختلف قیاس آرائیاں کر رہے
Dr. Muhammad Salman Riaz
Pakistan
Local time: 00:45
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Urdu
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
to compare, to rule, to guess, presumption, to suppose, to think, to conceive, to estimate.


Explanation:
depending upon the content of the sentence, any of the above words can be suitably used.

Ayesha Ikram
United States
Local time: 14:45
Native speaker of: Native in Pashto (Pushto)Pashto (Pushto), Native in UrduUrdu
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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
gaging/measuring/estimating (also evaluating)


Explanation:
Based on context, it could also mean 'to evaluate'

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Note added at 5 hrs (2012-06-10 19:25:20 GMT)
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Another better option would be 'to speculate'

Ekhlas
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:45
Native speaker of: Native in Pashto (Pushto)Pashto (Pushto), Native in DariDari
PRO pts in category: 16
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