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suppose.

To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/səˈpəʊz/UK[səˈpʰəʊz]UK/səˈpoʊz/US[səˈpʰoʊz]US
  1. To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe.

    intransitive · transitive
    I suppose we all agree that this is the best solution.
    I won't be back before midday, I don't suppose.
  2. To theorize or hypothesize.

    transitive
    Suppose that A implies B and B implies C. Then A implies C.
  3. To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.

    transitive
  4. To reckon to be, to account or esteem as.

    obsolete · transitive
  5. To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature.

    transitive
    Purpose supposes foresight.
  6. To put by fraud in the place of another; to substitute fraudulently.

    obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

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.

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