Thesaurus: suppose

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1. v. t. 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. v. t. To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.
3. v. t. To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature; as, purpose supposes foresight.
4. v. t. To put by fraud in the place of another.
5. v. i. To make supposition; to think; to be of opinion.
6. n. Supposition.
7. v. express a supposition
8. v. expect, believe, or suppose
9. v. to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
10. v. take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand
11. v. require as a necessary antecedent or precondition