Suppose
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English
Verb
Suppose (third-person singular simple present Supposes, present participle supposing, simple past and past participle supposed)
- (transitive) To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe.
- Suppose that A implies B and B implies C. Then A implies C.
- (transitive) To theorize or hypothesize.
- I suppose we all agree that this is the best solution.
Synonyms
- assume (1,2)
- See also Thesaurus:suppose
Derived terms
- supposable
- supposed to (idiom)
- supposedly
Adverbs for Suppose
rationally; erroneously; falsely; fallaciously; unsuspectingly; hopefully; optimistically.
Thesaurus
account, account as, adjudge, adjudicate, allegorize, allow, allude to, assume, be afraid, be judicious, believe, bring to mind, coin, conceit, conceive, conceptualize, conclude, concoct, conjecture, connote, consider, count, create, daresay, deduce, deem, divine, dream, dream up, entail, esteem, estimate, exercise judgment, expect, experience imaginatively, express an opinion, fabricate, fancy, fantasize, feel, fictionalize, form an opinion, gather, grant, guess, hatch, have a hunch, have an idea, have an impression, have an inkling, have the idea, hint, hold, hold as, hypothesize, ideate, imagine, implicate, imply, import, infer, insinuate, intimate, invent, involve, judge, let, let be, look upon as, maintain, mean, mean to say, mold, opine, originate, perhaps, pine, point indirectly to, posit, postulate, prefigure, presume, presuppose, presurmise, pretend, produce, provisionally accept, reckon, regard, repute, say, set down as, shape, speculation, suggest, supposition, surmise, suspect, take, take for, take for granted, take it, take to be, theorize, think, think likely, think of, think up, trow, understand, venture to say, view as, ween
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /səˈpəʊz/, SAMPA: /s@"p@Uz/
- (US) IPA: /səˈpoʊz/, SAMPA: /s@"poUz/
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Audio (US) noicon (file) - Rhymes: -əʊz
Etymology
French supposer; prefix sub- under + poser to place; - corresponding in meaning to Latin supponere, suppositum, to put under, to substitute, falsify, counterfeit. See pose.
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French
Verb
Suppose
- first-person singular present indicative of supposer
- third-person singular present indicative of supposer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of supposer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of supposer
- second-person singular imperative of supposer
Italian
Verb form
suppose
