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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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supposing
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /s??po?z??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /s??p??z??/
- Rhymes: -??z??
- Hyphenation: sup?pos?ing
Verb
supposing
- present participle of suppose
Noun
supposing (plural supposings)
- The act of making a supposition.
- 1837, The Dublin University Magazine
- She could have joined most comfortably in all their supposings, and suspicions, and doubts, and prognostications, but the honour of the family was too nearly concerned to allow free reins to her tongue.
- 1837, The Dublin University Magazine
Conjunction
supposing
- if hypothetically (optionally followed by that)
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