suppose

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English

Etymology

From Middle English supposen, borrowed from Old French supposer, equivalent to prefix sub- (“under”) + poser (“to place”); corresponding in meaning to Latin supponere (“to put under, to substitute, falsify, counterfeit”), suppositum. See pose.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /səˈpəʊz/, [səˈpʰəʊz]
• (US) IPA^(key): /səˈpoʊz/, [səˈpʰoʊz]

• (syncope, contraction)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈspəʊz/, [ˈspəʊz]
  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˈspoʊz/, [ˈspoʊz]
• Rhymes: -əʊz

Verb

suppose (third-person singular simple present supposes, present participle supposing, simple past and past participle supposed)

1. (transitive) To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe.
2. (transitive) To theorize or hypothesize.
3. (transitive) To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.
4. (transitive, obsolete) To reckon to be, to account or esteem as.
5. (transitive) To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature.
6. (transitive) To put by fraud in the place of another.

Synonyms

• assume (1,2)
• See also Thesaurus:suppose

Derived terms

• I don't suppose
• supposable
• supposed to (idiom)
• supposedly

Descendants

• Chinese Pidgin English: supposey

Translations

French

Pronunciation

Verb

suppose

1. inflection of supposer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Verb

suppose

1. third-person singular past historic of supporre