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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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contemplate
English
Etymology
Attested since the 1590s; borrowed from Latin contempl?tus, from contemplari (“observe, survey”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k?n.t?m?ple?t/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?n.t?m?ple?t/
- Hyphenation: con?tem?plate
Verb
contemplate (third-person singular simple present contemplates, present participle contemplating, simple past and past participle contemplated)
- To look at on all sides or in all its aspects; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study, ponder, or consider.
- To consider as a possibility.
- 1793 February 18, Alexander Hamilton, Loans, speech given to the United States House of Representatives:
- There remain some particulars to complete the information contemplated by those resolutions.
- 1826, James Kent, Commentaries on American Law
- If a treaty contains any stipulations which contemplate a state of future war.
- 1793 February 18, Alexander Hamilton, Loans, speech given to the United States House of Representatives:
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:ponder
- (look at): examine
Derived terms
- contemplative
Related terms
- contemplation
Translations
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “contemplate”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Italian
Verb
contemplate
- second-person plural present indicative of contemplare
- second-person plural imperative of contemplare
- feminine plural of contemplato
Anagrams
- completante
Latin
Participle
contempl?te
- vocative masculine singular of contempl?tus
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