Dictionary entry details
• SUPPOSE (verb)
Meaning:
Express a supposition
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
suppose; say
Context examples:
Let us say that he did not tell the truth / Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?
Hypernyms (to "suppose" is one way to...):
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)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sentence example:
They suppose that there was a traffic accident
Meaning:
Expect, believe, or suppose
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
guess; reckon; imagine; opine; suppose; think
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "suppose" is one way to...):
anticipate; expect (regard something as probable or likely)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "suppose"):
suspect (hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
theorize; theorise; speculate; hypothesize; hypothesise; conjecture; hypothecate; suppose
Context example:
Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps
Hypernyms (to "suppose" is one way to...):
anticipate; expect (regard something as probable or likely)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "suppose"):
construct; reconstruct; retrace (reassemble mentally)
develop; explicate; formulate (elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
presuppose; suppose
Context example:
I presuppose that you have done your work
Hypernyms (to "suppose" is one way to...):
assume; presume; take for granted (take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "suppose"):
posit; postulate (take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom)
premise; premiss (take something as preexisting and given)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Require as a necessary antecedent or precondition
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
presuppose; suppose
Context example:
This step presupposes two prior ones
Hypernyms (to "suppose" is one way to...):
imply (suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic)
Domain category:
logic (the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
