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suppose (v. trans.)
1.take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof"I assume his train was late"
2.to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds"Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
3.require as a necessary antecedent or precondition"This step presupposes two prior ones"
4.take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand"I presuppose that you have done your work"
5.express a supposition"Let us say that he did not tell the truth" "Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?"
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SupposeSup*pose" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Supposed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Supposing.] [F. supposer; pref. sub- under + poser to place; -- corresponding in meaning to L. supponere, suppositum, to put under, to substitute, falsify, counterfeit. See Pose.]
1. To represent to one's self, or state to another, not as true or real, but as if so, and with a view to some consequence or application which the reality would involve or admit of; to imagine or admit to exist, for the sake of argument or illustration; to assume to be true; as, let us suppose the earth to be the center of the system, what would be the result?
Suppose they take offence without a cause. Shak.
When we have as great assurance that a thing is, as we could possibly, supposing it were, we ought not to make any doubt of its existence. Tillotson.
2. To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.
How easy is a bush supposed a bear! Shak.
Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men, the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead. 2 Sam. xiii. 32.
3. To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature; as, purpose supposes foresight.
One falsehood always supposes another, and renders all you can say suspected. Female Quixote.
4. To put by fraud in the place of another. [Obs.]
Syn. -- To imagine; believe; conclude; judge; consider; view; regard; conjecture; assume.
SupposeSup*pose" (?), v. i. To make supposition; to think; to be of opinion. Acts ii. 15.
SupposeSup*pose", n. Supposition. [Obs.] Shak. “A base suppose that he is honest.” Dryden.
suppose (v. trans.)
assume, believe, calculate, conjecture, daresay, estimate, fancy, hypothecate, hypothesize, imagine, infer, opine, pose, posit, postulate, presume, presuppose, put, reckon, say, speculate, suspect, take, take for granted, theorise, theorize, think, expect (spéc. anglais britannique), figure (spéc. anglais américain), guess (spéc. anglais américain), hypothesise (British), surmise (literary)
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suppose (v.)
↗ assume, daresay, expect, hypothesise, hypothesize, pose, posit, presume, put, surmise, take for granted
suppose (v. trans.)
↘ assumption, conjecture, given, guess, hypothesis, impression, precondition, presumable, presumption, presupposition, speculation, supposable, supposition, surmisable, surmisal, surmise, theory, verge
suppose (v.)
suppose (v. tr.)
condition indispensable à l'existence d'un fait (fr)[DomaineCollocation]
problème de mathématique (fr)[DomaineCollocation]
granted, granting[Syntagme]
suppose (v. tr.)
expect[Hyper.]
conjecture - theorisation, theorization - supposal, supposition - hypothesis, possibility, theory - conjecture, speculation - theory - assumption, conjecture, guess, hypothesis, impression, presumption, speculation, supposition, surmisal, surmise, theory, verge - hypothesis - speculator - idealogue, theoretician, theorician, theoriser, theorist, theoritician, theorizer - notional, speculative[Dérivé]
suppose (v. tr.)
suppose (v. tr.)
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