suppose

See also supposé

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /səˈpəʊz/, X-SAMPA: /s@"p@Uz/
• (US) IPA: /səˈpoʊz/, X-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 (cmn) (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)
• Serbo-Croatian: verovati (sh)
• 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 (cmn) (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)
• Quechua: hamurpay (qu)
• Romanian: presupune (ro)
• Russian: полагать (ru) (polagát’) impf.
• Scottish Gaelic: smaoinich (gd), saoil (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian: pretpostaviti (sh)
• Spanish: suponer (es)
• Swedish: anta (sv), förutsätta (sv)

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Translations to be checked

• Lojban: sruma

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