suppose

Verb
  1. Express a supposition (synset 200919271)
    "Let us say that he did not tell the truth"; "Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?"
    hypernym: speculate - talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion
    synonym: say
  2. Expect, believe, or suppose (synset 200633399)
    "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"
    hypernym: anticipate, expect - regard something as probable or likely
    hyponym: suspect - hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty
    synonym: guess, imagine, opine, reckon, think
  3. To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds (synset 200635105)
    "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
    hypernym: anticipate, expect - regard something as probable or likely
    hyponym:
    synonym: conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, theorise, theorize
  4. Take for granted or as a given;
    Suppose beforehand (synset 200718436)
    "I presuppose that you have done your work"
    hypernym: assume, presume, take for granted - take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof
    hyponym:
    synonym: presuppose
  5. Require as a necessary antecedent or precondition (synset 200718250)
    "This step presupposes two prior ones"
    domain category: logic - the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference
    hypernym: imply - suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic
    synonym: presuppose

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