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suppose
- /səˈpəʊz/ UK
- [səˈpʰəʊz] UK
- /səˈpoʊz/ US
- [səˈpʰoʊz] US
Where it comes from
From Middle English supposen, borrowed from Old French supposer, equivalent to prefix sub- (“under”) + poser (“to place”); corresponding in meaning to Latin supponere (“to put under, to substitute, falsify, counterfeit”), suppositum. See pose.
verb supposes · supposing · supposed
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To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe.
I suppose we all agree that this is the best solution.
Similar: assume
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To theorize or hypothesize.
Suppose that A implies B and B implies C. Then A implies C.
Similar: assume
- To imagine; to believe; to receive as true. How easy is a bush supposed a bear!
- To reckon to be, to account or esteem as. [He] keeps you from the honors of a Queene, Being ſuppoſde his worthleſſe Concubine.
- To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature. Purpose supposes foresight.
- To put by fraud in the place of another; to substitute fraudulently. A Water-monster, called the Nickard, does enter by night the chamber, where a woman is brought to bed, and stealeth when they are all sleeping, the new-born child and supposeth another in its place, which child growing up is like a monster and commonly dumb.
Similar: arread, assume, fancy, conject, conjecture, daresay, dope, foreguess, go out on a limb, guess, guesstimate, hunch, hypothesize, hypotheticate, imagine, infer, overhope, posit, postulate, presume, reckon, speculate, suppose, surmise, suspect, take a stab at, take for granted, take something as read, theorize, ween
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: conjecture, hypothesize, guess, speculate, think, theorize, imagine, reckon, say, hypothecate, theorise, presume, assume, assuming, presuppose, surmise
verb
Similar: arread, assume, fancy, conject, conjecture, daresay, dope, foreguess, go out on a limb, guess, guesstimate, hunch, hypothesize, hypotheticate, imagine, infer, overhope, posit, postulate, presume, reckon, speculate, suppose, surmise, suspect, take a stab at, take for granted, take something as read, theorize, ween
Translations
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verb conclude; believe
| Español | suponer |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 추측하다 chucheukhada, 가정하다 gajeonghada |
| 日本語 | 推測する suisoku suru |
| 中文 | 假定 jiǎdìng, 認為 /认为 rènwéi, 猜 cāi |
| Português | supor |
| Français | supposer, imaginer |
| Deutsch | annehmen, vermuten, vermeinen |
| Italiano | supporre, immaginare |
| Ελληνικά | υποθέτω ypothéto |
| Română | presupune |
| Русский | предполага́ть predpolagátʹ, предположи́ть predpoložítʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | cho rằng, giả sử, giá sử |
| العربية | اِفْتَرَضَ iftaraḍa |
| עברית | הֵנִיחַ heníakh |
verb theorize; hypothesize
| Español | suponer |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 상상하다 sangsanghada |
| 日本語 | 想定する sōtei suru, 仮定する katei suru |
| 中文 | 假定 jiǎdìng, 假設 /假设 jiǎshè |
| Português | supor |
| Français | supposer |
| Deutsch | vermuten, annehmen, unterstellen |
| Italiano | supporre |
| Română | presupune |
| Русский | полага́ть polagátʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | cho rằng |
| العربية | اِفْتَرَضَ iftaraḍa |
| עברית | הניח heníakh |
verb to require to exist or to be true
| Español | suponer |
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title = {suppose},
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