suppose

Verb

Verb Forms: supposed, supposing, supposes

• To assume to be true; to hypothesize or believe.
• express a supposition
• expect, believe, or suppose
• to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
  • "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
• take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand
  • "I presuppose that you have done your work"
• require as a necessary antecedent or precondition
  • "This step presupposes two prior ones"
• To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe.
• To theorize or hypothesize.
• To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.
• To reckon to be, to account or esteem as.
• To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature.
• To put by fraud in the place of another; to substitute fraudulently.

Examples

• I don't suppose you could lend me a euro, could you?
• I suppose I should have challenged that word, but I let it slide.
• I suppose we all agree that this is the best solution.
• I won't be back before midday, I don't suppose.
• Mum, can go to the park yet? ~ Suppose you did your homework first.
• Purpose supposes foresight.
• Suppose that A implies B and B implies C. Then A implies C.
• We're a place setting short, there'll be four of us - always supposing your sis really comes.

Synonyms

conjecture, guess, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, imagine, opine, presuppose, reckon, say, speculate, theorise, theorize, think, arread, assume, assume (1,2), conject, daresay, dope, fancy, go out on a limb, guesstimate, hunch, hypotheticate, infer, overhope, posit, postulate, presume, suppose, surmise, suspect, take a stab at, take for granted, take something as read, ween

Related Words

supposition