suppose

suppose is a 7-letter English word with 11 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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? Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. transitive 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. transitive verb. To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.
3. transitive verb. To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature; as, purpose supposes foresight.
4. transitive verb. To put by fraud in the place of another.
5. intransitive verb. To make supposition; to think; to be of opinion.
6. noun. Supposition.
7. verb. 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: guess, imagine, opine, reckon, think

8. verb. to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

   "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"

   Synonyms: conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, theorise, theorize

9. verb. require as a necessary antecedent or precondition

   "This step presupposes two prior ones"

   Synonyms: presuppose

10. verb. take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand

    "I presuppose that you have done your work"

    Synonyms: presuppose

11. verb. 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

Synonyms

guess, imagine, opine, reckon, think, conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, theorise, theorize, presuppose, say

Common word forms

supposed, supposer, supposes, supposing

Words from these letters

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