Meaning
- To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe.
- To theorize or hypothesize.
- To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.
- (obsolete) To reckon to be, to account or esteem as.
- To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature.
- To put by fraud in the place of another.
Synonyms
speculate
require
picture to oneself
jump to a conclusion
must be
say to oneself
should be
claim something false
estimate roughly
make an arbitrary decision
dwell on
make a conjecture
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/səˈpəʊz/
Etymology
In summary
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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