suppose

See also supposé

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /səˈpəʊz/, SAMPA: /s@"p@Uz/
• (US) IPA: /səˈpoʊz/, SAMPA: /s@"poUz/

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• Rhymes: -əʊz

Etymology

French supposer; prefix sub- under + poser to place; - corresponding in meaning to Latin supponere, suppositum, to put under, to substitute, falsify, counterfeit. See pose.

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.

   Suppose that A implies B and B implies C. Then A implies C.

2. (transitive) To theorize or hypothesize.

   I suppose we all agree that this is the best solution.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• supposable
• supposed to (idiom)
• supposedly

Translations

conclude; believe

Afrikaans: veronderstel, stel, sê Catalan: suposar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 假定 (zh) (jiǎdìng) Czech: předpokládat, domnívat se Dutch: aannemen (nl) Esperanto: supozi (eo) Finnish: olettaa (fi) French: supposer (fr), imaginer (fr) German: annehmen (de) Hebrew: הניח (he) (heníakh) Hungarian: feltesz

Italian: supporre (it), immaginare (it) Japanese: 推測する (ja) (すいそくする, suisoku-suru) Norwegian: anta, formode Portuguese: supor (pt) Romanian: a presupune Russian: предполагать (ru) (predpolagát’) impf., предположить (ru) (predpoložít’) pf. Scottish Gaelic: smaoinich (gd), saoil (gd) Serbian: verovati (sr) Spanish: suponer (es) Swedish: anta (sv), förmoda (sv) Thai: สมมุติ (th) (sŏm mút)

theorize; hypothesize

Afrikaans: neem aan, veronderstel Arabic: اِفْتَرَضَ (ar) (iftáraḍa), imperfect: يفترض (ar) (yaftariḍu) Catalan: suposar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 假定 (zh) (jiǎdìng) Czech: předpokládat (cs) Dutch: aannemen (nl), vermoeden (nl), veronderstellen (nl) Finnish: otaksua (fi), arvella (fi) French: supposer (fr) German: vermuten (de), annehmen (de) Hebrew: הניח (he) (heníakh) Hungarian: feltételez (hu)

Italian: supporre (it) Japanese: 想定する (ja) (そうていする, sōtei-suru), 想定する (ja) (かていする, katei-suru) Korean: 상상하다 (ko) (sangsang-hada) Norwegian: anta (no), forutsette (no) Portuguese: supor (pt) Romanian: presupune (ro) Russian: полагать (ru) (polagát’) impf. Scottish Gaelic: smaoinich (gd), saoil (gd) Serbian: pretpostaviti (sr) Spanish: suponer (es) Swedish: anta (sv), förutsätta (sv)

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: comes · stand · past · #502: suppose · else · entered · none

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French

Verb

suppose

1. first-person singular present indicative of supposer
2. third-person singular present indicative of supposer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of supposer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of supposer
5. second-person singular imperative of supposer

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Italian

Verb form

suppose

1. third-person singular past historic of supporre