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suppose
English
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /s??p??z/, [s??p???z]
- (US) IPA(key): /s??po?z/, [s??p?o?z]
- (syncope, contraction)
- (UK) IPA(key): /?sp??z/, [?sp??z]
- (US) IPA(key): /?spo?z/, [?spo?z]
- Rhymes: -??z
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.
- (transitive) To theorize or hypothesize.
- (transitive) To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.
- Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men, the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead.
- (transitive) To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature.
- Purpose supposes foresight.
- 1752, Charlotte Lennox, The Female Quixote
- One falsehood always supposes another, and renders all you can say suspected.
- (transitive) To put by fraud in the place of another.
Synonyms
- assume (1,2)
- See also Thesaurus:suppose
Derived terms
- supposable
- supposed to (idiom)
- supposedly
Descendants
- Chinese Pidgin English: supposey
Translations
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
suppose
- third-person singular past historic of supporre
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calculate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin calcul?tus, perfect passive participle of calcul? (“I reckon, originally by means of pebbles”), from calculus (“a pebble”). Refer to calculus for origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kælkj?le?t/, /?kælkj?le?t/
- Hyphenation: cal?cu?late
Verb
calculate (third-person singular simple present calculates, present participle calculating, simple past and past participle calculated)
- (transitive, mathematics) To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process.
- (intransitive, mathematics) To determine values or solutions by a mathematical process; reckon.
- (intransitive, US, dialect) To plan; to expect; to think.
- To ascertain or predict by mathematical or astrological computations the time, circumstances, or other conditions of; to forecast or compute the character or consequences of.
- To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of means to an end.
- a. 1694, John Tillotson, The Advantages of Religion to particular Persons
- [Religion] is […] calculated for our benefit.
- a. 1694, John Tillotson, The Advantages of Religion to particular Persons
Conjugation
Synonyms
- (determine value of or solution to): compute, reckon (old), work out
- (determine values or solutions): compute, reckon (old)
Derived terms
- backcalculate
- calculating
Related terms
- calculation
- calculus
- calculator
- incalculable
Translations
Further reading
- calculate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- calculate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “calculate”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Latin
Verb
calcul?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of calcul?
- "calculate ye, compute ye"
- (figuratively) "consider ye as, esteem ye"
Participle
calcul?te
- vocative masculine singular of calcul?tus
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- what calculates your rising sign
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