suppose (səˈpəʊz
)
Definitions
verb (tr; may take a clause as object)
- to presume (something) to be true without certain knowledge ⇒
I suppose he meant to kill her
- to consider as a possible suggestion for the sake of discussion, elucidation, etc; postulate ⇒
suppose that he wins the election
- (of theories, propositions, etc) to imply the inference or assumption (of) ⇒
your policy supposes full employment
Alternative Forms
supˈposable adjective supˈposer nounWord Origin
C14: from Old French supposer, from Medieval Latin suppōnere, from Latin: to substitute, from sub- + pōnere to putSynonyms
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think,
imagine,
expect,
judge,
assume,
guess,
calculate,
presume,
take for granted,
infer,
conjecture,
surmise,
dare say,
opine,
presuppose,
take as read
Translations
- British English:
suppose
You use suppose or supposing when you are considering a possible situation or action and trying to think what effects it would have.Suppose you won the lottery. What would you do with the money?səˈpəʊz VERB Suppose you won the lottery. What would you do with the money?
- Spanish:
suponer
v
- French:
supposer
vt
- German:
annehmen
v
- Chinese: 假设 v
- Arabic: يَظُنُّ v
- Portuguese: supor v
- Russian: предполагать v
- Croatian: pretpostaviti v
- Czech: předpokládat v
- Danish: formode v
- Dutch: veronderstellen v
- Finnish: olettaa v
- Greek: υποθέτω v
- Italian: supporre v
- Japanese: 想定する v
- Korean: 가정하다 v
- Norwegian: anta v
- Polish: przypuścić v przypuszczać
- Brazilian Portuguese: supor v
- European Spanish:
suponer
v
- Swedish: förmoda v
- Thai: สมมุติ v
- Turkish: varsaymak v
- Vietnamese: cho là v
Usage examples
He unchained the door and opened up: `I suppose I've been expecting you for some time now.
, THE EXECUTION (2002)We are, I suppose , playing on the standards we've set for the last three or four years..
Irish Times (2002)However, I don't suppose Mr Hague is going to get the chance to implement his proposals.
Glasgow Herald (2001)She was... she still is... a... I suppose you could call her a snob.
, BEYOND FEAR (2002)