Suppose

Verb

 * 1)  To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe.
 * Suppose that A implies B and B implies C. Then A implies C.
 * 1)  To theorize or hypothesize.
 * I suppose we all agree that this is the best solution.

Synonyms

 * assume (1,2)
 * See also Thesaurus:suppose

Derived terms

 * supposable
 * supposed to (idiom)
 * supposedly

Adverbs for Suppose
rationally; erroneously; falsely; fallaciously; unsuspectingly; hopefully; optimistically.

Thesaurus
account, account as, adjudge, adjudicate, allegorize, allow, allude to, assume, be afraid, be judicious, believe, bring to mind, coin, conceit, conceive, conceptualize, conclude, concoct, conjecture, connote, consider, count, create, daresay, deduce, deem, divine, dream, dream up, entail, esteem, estimate, exercise judgment, expect, experience imaginatively, express an opinion, fabricate, fancy, fantasize, feel, fictionalize, form an opinion, gather, grant, guess, hatch, have a hunch, have an idea, have an impression, have an inkling, have the idea, hint, hold, hold as, hypothesize, ideate, imagine, implicate, imply, import, infer, insinuate, intimate, invent, involve, judge, let, let be, look upon as, maintain, mean, mean to say, mold, opine, originate, perhaps, pine, point indirectly to, posit, postulate, prefigure, presume, presuppose, presurmise, pretend, produce, provisionally accept, reckon, regard, repute, say, set down as, shape, speculation, suggest, supposition, surmise, suspect, take, take for, take for granted, take it, take to be, theorize, think, think likely, think of, think up, trow, understand, venture to say, view as, ween

Etymology
supposer; prefix sub- under + poser to place; - corresponding in meaning to supponere, suppositum, to put under, to substitute, falsify, counterfeit. See pose.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: veronderstel, stel, sê
 * Catalan: suposar
 * Czech: předpokládat, domnívat se
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: supozi
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Hebrew: הניח
 * Hungarian: feltesz
 * Italian: ,


 * Japanese: 推測する
 * Norwegian: anta, formode
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: a presupune
 * Russian: предполагать
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Serbian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai: สมมุติ


 * Afrikaans: neem aan, veronderstel
 * Arabic: افترض
 * Catalan: suposar
 * Chinese: 假定 (jiǎdìng)
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew: הניח
 * Hungarian:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 想定する (sōtei suru), ...と仮定する (...とかていする, ...to katei surú)
 * Korean: 상상하다 (sangsanghada)
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Serbian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,

Verb form
suppose


 * 1) third-person singular past historic of supporre