suppose

UK /səˈpəʊz/ US /səˈpoʊz/
verb 5

Definitions

verb

1

To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe.

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

I won't be back before midday, I don't suppose.

2

To theorize or hypothesize.

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

Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum, it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner. […] When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose.

3

To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.

How easy is a bush supposed a bear!

Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men, the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead.

4

To reckon to be, to account or esteem as.

[He] keeps you from the honors of a Queene, Being ſuppoſde his worthleſſe Concubine.

5

To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature.

Purpose supposes foresight.

One falsehood always supposes another, and renders all you can say suspected.

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