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Definitions of 'suppose' Wordnet 

1. (verb) suppose, say
express a supposition
"Let us say that he did not tell the truth"; "Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?"

2. (verb) think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess
expect, believe, or suppose
"I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"

3. (verb) speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose
to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
"Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"

4. (verb) presuppose, suppose
take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand
"I presuppose that you have done your work"

5. (verb) presuppose, suppose
require as a necessary antecedent or precondition
"This step presupposes two prior ones"


Definitions of 'suppose' Webster 1913 Dictionary 

1. (noun) suppose
supposition

2. (verb) suppose
to represent to one's self, or state to another, not as true or real, but as if so, and with a view to some consequence or application which the reality would involve or admit of; to imagine or admit to exist, for the sake of argument or illustration; to assume to be true; as, let us suppose the earth to be the center of the system, what would be the result?

3. (verb) suppose
to imagine; to believe; to receive as true

4. (verb) suppose
to require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature; as, purpose supposes foresight

5. (verb) suppose
to put by fraud in the place of another

6. (verb) suppose
to make supposition; to think; to be of opinion


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