different between suppose vs verbalize

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)

1. (transitive) To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe.
2. (transitive) To theorize or hypothesize.
3. (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.
4. (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.

5. (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

1. first-person singular present indicative of supposer
2. third-person singular present indicative of supposer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of supposer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of supposer
5. second-person singular imperative of supposer

Italian

Verb

suppose

1. third-person singular past historic of supporre

English

Alternative forms

• verbalise

Etymology

From French verbaliser.

Verb

verbalize (third-person singular simple present verbalizes, present participle verbalizing, simple past and past participle verbalized)

1. (transitive) To speak or to use words to express.

   Bill became tongue-tied and could not verbalize his thoughts in the presence of the girl he had a crush on.

2. (transitive, grammar) To adapt (a word of another part of speech) as a verb.

Translations

Portuguese

Verb

verbalize

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of verbalizar
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of verbalizar
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of verbalizar
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of verbalizar