suppose

To suppose is to assume something without conviction or to assume something without full understanding or knowledge.

(verb)

  1. An example of suppose is when you agree to go to a party you don't really want to attend by saying you guess you will go.
  2. An example of suppose is when you put forth a possible theory that hasn't been confirmed.

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See suppose in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb supposed, supposing

  1. to assume to be true, as for the sake of argument or to illustrate a proof: suppose A equals B
  2. to believe, think, guess, etc.: I suppose you're right
  3. presuppose (sense )
  4. to consider as a proposed or suggested possibility: used in the imperative: suppose they don't come
  5. to expect or obligate: always in the passive: you're supposed to telephone

Origin: ME supposen < MFr supposer, to suppose, imagine, altered (infl. by poser: see pose) < ML supponere, to suppose, assume < L, to put under, substitute < sub-, sub- + ponere: see position

intransitive verb

to make a supposition; conjecture

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See suppose in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb sup·posed, sup·pos·ing, sup·pos·es
verb, transitive
  1. To assume to be true or real for the sake of argument or explanation: Suppose we win the lottery.
  2. a. To believe, especially on uncertain or tentative grounds: Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps.
    b. To consider to be probable or likely: I suppose it will rain.
  3. To imply as an antecedent condition; presuppose: “Patience must suppose pain” (Samuel Johnson).
  4. To consider as a suggestion: Suppose we dine together.
verb, intransitive
To imagine; conjecture.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English supposen

Origin: , from Old French supposer

Origin: , alteration (influenced by poser, to place)

Origin: of Medieval Latin suppōnere

Origin: , from Latin, to put under

Origin: : sub-, sub-

Origin: + pōnere, to place; see apo- in Indo-European roots

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