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How to pronounce suppose in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms say
Type of speculate
Derivation supposal, supposition
Type Words
Synonyms presuppose
Type of presume, take for granted, assume
Has types premise, posit, postulate, premiss


I presuppose that you have done your work.
Type Words
Synonyms conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, theorise, theorize
Type of expect, anticipate
Has types formulate, reconstruct, retrace, construct, explicate, develop
Derivation supposal, supposition


Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps.
Type Words
Synonyms guess, imagine, opine, reckon, think
Type of expect, anticipate
Has types suspect
Derivation supposal, supposition
Type Words
Synonyms presuppose
Type of imply


This step presupposes two prior ones.

Examples of suppose

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I suppose my biggest disappointment with the show came from the musical numbers.
From the stltoday.com
Suppose you decide to take a class that has nothing to do with your current job.
From the foxbusiness.com
Suppose, for example, that a school has 2,000 white students and nine Hispanics.
From the foxnews.com
If there continues to be no jobs and high unemployment, I suppose I'll stay put.
From the forbes.com
So I suppose that taught me how to cope with managing a limited amount of money.
From the telegraph.co.uk
America's campaign against these gangs is less organised than one might suppose.
From the economist.com
I suppose that should give me some idea of just how difficult they are to spell.
From the telegraph.co.uk
I suppose there's always that dynamic, of the older brother looking out for you.
From the telegraph.co.uk
I suppose the only ones unhappy are the scofflaws that received the citatations.
From the orlandosentinel.com
More examples
  • 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?"
  • Think: 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"
  • Speculate: to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
  • Presuppose: take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand; "I presuppose that you have done your work"
  • Presuppose: require as a necessary antecedent or precondition; "This step presupposes two prior ones"
  • (supposal) assumption: a hypothesis that is taken for granted; "any society is built upon certain assumptions"
  • (supposal) supposition: the cognitive process of supposing
  • Supposition theory was a branch of medieval logic that was probably aimed at giving accounts of issues similar to modern accounts of reference, plurality, tense, and modality, from within an Aristotelian context. ...
  • To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe; To theorize or hypothesize