What does suppose mean?

Definitions for suppose
səˈpoʊzsup·pose

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Princeton's WordNet

  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"

Wiktionary

  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 Dictionary

  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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    This supposeth something, without evident ground. Matthew Hale.

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

Wikipedia

  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.

ChatGPT

  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 Dictionary

  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 Dictionary

  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, -positumsub, under, ponĕre, to place.]

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  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

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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. William Ralph Inge:

    There is no law of progress. Our future is in our own hands, to make or to mar. It will be an uphill fight to the end, and would we have it otherwise Let no one suppose that evolution will ever exempt us from struggles. 'You forget,' said the Devil, with a chuckle, 'that I have been evolving too.'

  2. Prince Charles:

    I particularly wanted to say that my father, for I suppose the last 70 years, has given the most remarkable devoted service to The Queen, to my family, and to the country, but also to the whole of the Commonwealth. And as you can imagine, my family and I miss my father enormously. He was a much loved and appreciated figure and apart from anything else I can imagine he would be so deeply touched by the number of other people here and elsewhere around the world and the Commonwealth who also I think, share our loss and our sorrow, my dear Papa was a very special person who I thinkabove all else would have been amazed by the reaction and the touching things that have been said about him, ? he continued.

  3. Charles Lamb:

    Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.

  4. Arthur Miller:

    A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself.

  5. The Democratic strategist:

    The Democratic strategist then pivoted to Bidens remarks at the Poor Peoples Campaign summit, whose audience is predominately people of color. The Democratic nomination will be chosen by people of color, too many of these candidates are running for the pain-in-the-neck over-educated over-caffeinated white liberals on Twitter. I suppose Im one of them. But the real people who will pick the nominee of my party will be people of color.

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