'Suppose' definitions:

Definition of 'suppose'

(from WordNet)
verb
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?" [syn: suppose, say]
verb
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" [syn: think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess]
verb
To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps" [syn: speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose]
verb
Take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand; "I presuppose that you have done your work" [syn: presuppose, suppose]
verb
Require as a necessary antecedent or precondition; "This step presupposes two prior ones" [syn: presuppose, suppose]

Definition of 'Suppose'

From: GCIDE
  • Suppose \Sup*pose"\, n. Supposition. [Obs.] --Shak. "A base suppose that he is honest." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Suppose'

From: GCIDE
  • Suppose \Sup*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Supposed; p. pr. & vb. n. Supposing.] [F. supposer; pref. sub- under + poser to place; -- corresponding in meaning to L. supponere, suppositum, to put under, to substitute, falsify, counterfeit. See Pose.]
  • 1. 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? [1913 Webster]
  • Suppose they take offence without a cause. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To imagine; to believe; to receive as true. [1913 Webster]
  • How easy is a bush supposed a bear! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men, the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead. --2 Sam. xiii. 32. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature; as, purpose supposes foresight. [1913 Webster]
  • One falsehood always supposes another, and renders all you can say suspected. --Female Quixote. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To put by fraud in the place of another. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: To imagine; believe; conclude; judge; consider; view; regard; conjecture; assume. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Suppose'

From: GCIDE
  • Suppose \Sup*pose"\, v. i. To make supposition; to think; to be of opinion. --Acts ii. 15. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'suppose'

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