v. t. | 1. | 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. | To imagine; to believe; to receive as true. | |
3. | To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature; | |
4. | To put by fraud in the place of another. | |
v. i. | 1. | To make supposition; to think; to be of opinion. |
n. | 1. | Supposition. |
Verb | 1. | suppose - 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 |
2. | suppose - 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"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up" | |
3. | suppose - to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps" | |
4. | suppose - take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand; "I presuppose that you have done your work" Synonyms: presuppose | |
5. | suppose - require as a necessary antecedent or precondition; "This step presupposes two prior ones" Synonyms: presuppose |