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   Sup·pose

   /səˈpōz/

   

   verb

   • 1. assume that something is the case on the basis of evidence or probability but without proof or certain knowledge: "I suppose I got there about half past eleven" Similar assumedare saytake for grantedtake as readpresumeexpecttake itbelievethinkfancybe of the opinionsuspecthave a sneaking suspicionsensetrustguesssurmisereckonconjecturetheorizededuceinfergathergleandivineformal:opine
   • ▪ used to make a suggestion or a hesitant admission: "suppose we leave this to the police" Similar hypothesizepostulatetheorizepositspeculate(let's) sayassumeimagine
   • ▪ used to introduce a hypothesis and trace or ask about what follows from it: "suppose he had been murdered—what then?"
   • ▪ (of a theory or argument) assume or require that something is the case as a precondition: "the procedure supposes that a will has already been proved" Similar requirepresupposeimplyassumecall forneed
   • ▪ believe to exist or to possess a specified characteristic: "he supposed the girl to be about twelve"
   • 2. be required to do something because of the position one is in or an agreement one has made: "I'm supposed to be meeting someone at the airport"
   • ▪ be forbidden to do something: "I shouldn't have been in the kitchen—I'm not supposed to go in there"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French supposer, from Latin supponere (from sub- ‘from below’ + ponere ‘to place’), but influenced by Latin suppositus ‘set under’ and Old French poser ‘to place’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. supposable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 11

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