suppose
verbEtymology
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.
Definitions
To take for granted
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.
- I won't be back before midday, I don't suppose.
- I don't suppose you could lend me a euro, could you?
To theorize or hypothesize.
- Suppose that A implies B and B implies C. Then A implies C.
To imagine
To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.
- How easy is a bush supposed a bear!
- Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men, the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead.
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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 require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature.
- Purpose supposes foresight.
- One falsehood always supposes another, and renders all you can say suspected.
To put by fraud in the place of another
To put by fraud in the place of another; to substitute fraudulently.
- ... that they when the queen is in child-birth, be present and warily observe lest the la-dies should privily counterfeit the inheritable sex, by supposing some other male, when the true birth is female,[…]
The neighborhood
- synonymarread
- synonymassume
- synonymfancy
- synonymconject
- synonymconjecture
- synonymdaresay
- synonymdope
- synonymforeguess
- synonymgo out on a limb
- synonymguess
- synonymguesstimate
- synonymhunch
- neighborsupposition
- neighbordeem
- neighborhave opinion
- neighborforedeem
- neighborgrasp at straws
- neighborprejudge
- neighborpresuppose
Derived
I don't suppose, missuppose, supposable, supposal, supposedly, supposed to, supposure
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at suppose. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at suppose. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at suppose
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA