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sup·pose 
[suh-pohz] Pronunciation Key verb, -posed, -pos·ing.
[suh-pohz] Pronunciation Key verb, -posed, -pos·ing. –verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to assume (something), as for the sake of argument or as part of a proposition or theory: Suppose the distance to be one mile. |
| 2. | to consider (something) as a possibility suggested or an idea or plan proposed: Suppose we wait until tomorrow. |
| 3. | to believe or assume as true; take for granted: It is supposed that his death was an accident. |
| 4. | to think or hold as an opinion: What do you suppose he will do? |
| 5. | to require logically; imply; presuppose: The evidence supposes his presence near the scene. |
| 6. | (used in the passive) to expect or design; require or permit (fol. by an infinitive verb): The machine is supposed to make noise. I'm not supposed to run fast. |
| 7. | to assume something; presume; think. |
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| sup·pose
(sə-pōz') Pronunciation Key
v. sup·posed, sup·pos·ing, sup·pos·es v. tr.
v. intr. To imagine; conjecture. [Middle English supposen, from Old French supposer, alteration (influenced by poser, to place) of Medieval Latin suppōnere, from Latin, to put under : sub-, sub- + pōnere, to place; see apo- in Indo-European roots.] |
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suppose
c.1315, "to assume as the basis of argument," from O.Fr. supposer "to assume," probably a replacement of *suppondre (influenced by O.Fr. poser "put, place"), from L. supponere "put or place under," from sub "under" + ponere "put, place" (see position). Meaning "to admit as possible, to believe to be true" is from 1526. Supposed "believed or thought to exist" is from 1582, often with the -e- pronounced, to distinguish it from the passive p.t. supposed, now common in the sense of "to have a duty or obligation" (1859). Supposition (1410), as a term in logic is from L.L. suppositionem (nom. suppositio) "assumption, hypothesis," infl. by Gk. hypothesis.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| suppose | |
verb | |
| 1. | 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?" |
| 2. | expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up" [syn: think] |
| 3. | to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps" [syn: speculate] |
| 4. | take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand; "I presuppose that you have done your work" [syn: presuppose] |
| 5. | require as a necessary antecedent or precondition; "This step presupposes two prior ones" [syn: presuppose] |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Suppose
Sup*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.
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Suppose
Sup*pose"\, v. i. To make supposition; to think; to be of opinion. --Acts ii. 15.
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Suppose
Sup*pose"\, n. Supposition. [Obs.] --Shak. "A base suppose that he is honest." --Dryden.
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