English Explanatory Dictionary

suppose

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/səˈpəʊz/ [səˈpʰəʊz] /səˈpoʊz/ [səˈpʰoʊz] en-us-suppose.ogg

Word forms

suppose supposes supposing supposed

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.

Synonyms

arread assume fancy conject conjecture daresay dope foreguess go out on a limb guess guesstimate hunch hypothesize hypotheticate imagine infer overhope posit postulate presume reckon speculate suppose surmise suspect take a stab at take for granted take something as read theorize ween

Related words

supposition

Derived words

I don't suppose missuppose supposable supposal supposedly supposed to supposure
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