different between suppose vs theorise
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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theorise
English
Verb
theorise (third-person singular simple present theorises, present participle theorising, simple past and past participle theorised)
- Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of theorize.
Anagrams
- isothere, otherise, theories
theorise From the web:
- theorise meaning
- what does theories mean
- what does theorise
- what does theorise me
- what did pasteur theorise in 1878
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