予断|よだんyodan[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbprediction; prejudgment; presupposition; foregone conclusion

• Synonym予測よそくNeutralPredicting the future from data or experience; 「予断」 instead leans toward judging in advance, often as 「予断を許さない」.
• Synonym見通しみとおしNeutralAn outlook, prospect, or foresight; 「予断」 is a judgment passed in advance.
• Synonym予想よそうNeutralExpectation or anticipation; the broadest and most common of these words. 「予断」 leans toward judging in advance.
• Synonym予見よけんWrittenWritten/formal: foreseeing what is to come; 「予断」 leans toward settling on a conclusion.
• Synonym見越しみこしNeutralAnticipation or expectation; also looking over something. 「予断」 is a judgment made in advance.
• Related推定すいていWrittenWritten/formal: presuming from circumstances; a legal term. 「予断」 leans toward preconception.
• Related憶測おくそくWrittenWritten/formal: speculation without solid grounds, as in 「憶測を呼ぶ」; 「予断」 is a judgment made in advance.
• Related推測すいそくNeutralGuessing or inferring; 「予断」 leans toward concluding in advance.
• Related目算もくさんNeutralA rough estimate by eye, or a plan; 「予断」 is a judgment made in advance.
• Related推察すいさつWrittenWritten/formal: considerate surmising, as in 「ご推察の通り」; 「予断」 is reaching a conclusion.
• Related推論すいろんWrittenWritten/formal: logical inference; 「予断」 is a judgment made in advance.
• Related推量すいりょうWrittenWritten/formal: conjecture; also the presumptive grammatical form. 「予断」 leans toward judging.
• Related想定そうていNeutralAssuming or envisaging a situation, as in 「想定外」; 「予断」 leans toward concluding.
• Related仮想かそうNeutralImagining something hypothetically or virtually, as in 「仮想空間」; 「予断」 is a prediction.
• Related推理すいりNeutralReasoning from facts, as in 「推理小説」; 「予断」 leans toward concluding in advance.
• Related見当けんとうNeutralA rough guess or a sense of direction, as in 「見当がつかない」; 「予断」 is a definite judgment.
• Related仮定かていWrittenWritten/formal: assuming something regardless of fact; 「予断」 is a judgment made in advance.
• Related類推るいすいWrittenWritten/formal: reasoning by analogy; 「予断」 is a judgment made in advance.
• Related察しさっしNeutralSensing or sympathetically reading others, as in 「お察しの通り」; 「予断」 is reaching a conclusion.
• Related仮説かせつWrittenWritten/formal: a scientific hypothesis; 「予断」 is a judgment about results made in advance.
• Related忖度そんたくWrittenWritten/formal: surmising someone's feelings, also currying favor; 「予断」 is predicting results.
• Related憶断おくだんWrittenWritten/formal: jumping to a conclusion from mere conjecture; 「予断」 leans toward deciding in advance.
• Related推知すいちWrittenWritten/formal: coming to know by inference; 「予断」 leans toward deciding in advance.
• Related推考すいこうWrittenWritten/formal and rare: speculation; also used for 「推敲」. In everyday speech say 「推測」.

Use 「予断」 for judging a result in advance: 「予断を許さない」 means the situation defies prediction, and 「予断を持つ」 means holding a preconception. To predict the future pick 「予測」 or 「予想」, for the outlook 「見通し」, for guessing 「推測」, and for reading someone's mind 「忖度」. The rest cover narrower senses — assumptions (「想定」「仮定」「仮説」), inference (「推理」「推論」「類推」), and hasty or groundless guesses (「憶測」「憶断」).

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1. 結果けっかなどを前まえもって判断はんだんすること。