suppose

Definitions

1. 1transitive verb

   To represent to one's self, or state to another, not as true or real, but as if so, and with a view to some consequence or application which the reality would involve or admit of; to imagine or admit to exist, for the sake of argument or illustration; to assume to be true; as, let us suppose the earth to be the center of the system, what would be the result?

2. 2transitive verb

   To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.

3. 3transitive verb

   To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature; as, purpose supposes foresight.

4. 4transitive verb

   To put by fraud in the place of another.

5. 5intransitive verb

   To make supposition; to think; to be of opinion.

6. 6noun

   Supposition.

7. 7verb

   expect, believe, or suppose

   "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"

   "I thought to find her in a bad state"

   Synonyms

   guessimagineopinereckonthink
8. 8verb

   to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

   "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"

   Synonyms

   conjecturehypothecatehypothesisehypothesizespeculatetheorisetheorize
9. 9verb

   require as a necessary antecedent or precondition

   "This step presupposes two prior ones"

   Synonyms

   presuppose
10. 10verb

    take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand

    "I presuppose that you have done your work"

    Synonyms

    presuppose
11. 11verb

    express a supposition

    "Let us say that he did not tell the truth"

    "Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?"

    Synonyms

    say