Definitions for suppose
səˈpoʊzsup·pose

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. suppose, sayverb

   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. think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guessverb

   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. speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, supposeverb

   to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

   "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"

4. presuppose, supposeverb

   take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand

   "I presuppose that you have done your work"

5. presuppose, supposeverb

   require as a necessary antecedent or precondition

   "This step presupposes two prior ones"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. supposeverb

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

   Suppose that A implies B and B implies C. Then A implies C.

2. supposeverb

   To theorize or hypothesize.

   I suppose we all agree that this is the best solution.

3. Etymology: supposer; prefix sub- under + poser to place; - corresponding in meaning to supponere, suppositum, to put under, to substitute, falsify, counterfeit. See pose.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Supposenoun

   Supposition; position without proof; unevidenced conceit.

   Etymology: from the verb.

   That we come short of our suppose so far,
   That after sev’n years siege, yet Troy-walls stand? William Shakespeare.

   Is Egypt’s safety, and the king’s, and your’s,
   Fit to be trusted on a bare suppose
   That he is honest? John Dryden, Cleomenes.

2. To SUPPOSEverb

   Etymology: supposer, French; suppono, Latin.

   1. To lay down without proof; to advance by way of argument or illustration without maintaining the truth of the position.

   Suppose some so negligent that they will not be brought to learn by gentle ways, yet it does not thence follow that the rough discipline of the cudgel is to be used to all. John Locke.

   2. To admit without proof.

   This is to be entertained as a firm principle, that when we have as great assurance that a thing is, as we could possibly, supposing it were, we ought not to make any doubt of its existence. John Tillotson.

   3. To imagine; to believe without examination.

   Tell false Edward, thy supposed king,
   That Lewis of France is sending over maskers. William Shakespeare.

   Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the king’s sons; for Ammon only is slain. 2 Sa. xiii. 32.

   I suppose we should compel them to a quick result. John Milton.

   4. To require as previous to itself.

   This supposeth something, without evident ground. Matthew Hale.

   One falshood always supposes another, and renders all you can say suspected. Female Quixote.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. suppose

   Supposition theory was a branch of medieval logic that was probably aimed at giving accounts of issues similar to modern accounts of reference, plurality, tense, and modality, within an Aristotelian context. Philosophers such as John Buridan, William of Ockham, William of Sherwood, Walter Burley, Albert of Saxony, and Peter of Spain were its principal developers. By the 14th century it seems to have drifted into at least two fairly distinct theories, the theory of "supposition proper", which included an "ampliation" and is much like a theory of reference, and the theory of "modes of supposition" whose intended function is not clear.

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1. suppose

   "Suppose" is a verb that typically means to assume something to be the case, often without sufficient proof or evidence, or as part of a proposition, hypothesis, or theory. It can also mean to suggest or consider something as a possibility.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Supposeverb

   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?

2. Supposeverb

   to imagine; to believe; to receive as true

3. Supposeverb

   to require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature; as, purpose supposes foresight

4. Supposeverb

   to put by fraud in the place of another

5. Supposeverb

   to make supposition; to think; to be of opinion

6. Supposenoun

   supposition

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Suppose

   sup-pōz′, v.t. to lay down, assume, or state as true: to imagine.—adj. Suppō′sable, that may be supposed.—n. Suppō′sal (Shak.), supposition.—adj. Suppōsed′ (Shak.), counterfeit.—adv. Suppō′sedly, according to supposition.—ns. Suppō′ser; Supposi′tion, act of supposing: that which is supposed: assumption: presumption, opinion.—adj. Supposi′tional, implying supposition.—adv. Supposi′tionally.—adjs. Supposi′tionary, hypothetical; Suppos′itive, implying, expressing, or including a supposition.—adv. Suppos′itively.—ns. Suppos′itory (med.), a pill of any solid medicine in the form of a cone or cylinder intended for introduction into the rectum or other canal; Suppos′itum, that which is supposed; Suppō′sūre, supposition. [Fr. supposer—L. supponĕre, -positum—sub, under, ponĕre, to place.]

Matched Categories

1. • Assume
   • Imply
   • Logic

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'suppose' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1238

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'suppose' in Written Corpus Frequency: #343

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'suppose' in Verbs Frequency: #186

How to pronounce suppose?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of suppose in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of suppose in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of suppose in a Sentence

1. Jimmy Carter:

   Wouldn't it be nice if the United States of America could be a superpower in maintaining peace ? ... Suppose the United States was a super power in environmental policy. Suppose the United States was a superpower in treating people equally. See, that's the kind of superpower I'd like to have.

2. Logan Pearsall Smith:

   To suppose, as we all suppose, that we could be rich and not behave as the rich behave, is like supposing that we could drink all day and keep absolutely sober.

3. John Burdon Sanderson Haldane:

   My own suspicion is that the universe is not only stranger than we suppose, but stranger than we can suppose.

4. Murat Say?n:

   To see a child in such a position, lying dead in a beach at a country that was suppose to give him refuge and a future ... seeing a child who was running away from war and death ... I suppose the image talks for itself.

5. J.B.S. Haldane, "On Being the Right Size" in the (1928) book "Possible Worlds":

   My own suspicion is that the universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we *can* suppose.

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