| VERB | communication | suppose, say | express a supposition |
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| cognition | suppose, think, opine, imagine, reckon, guess | expect, believe, or suppose | |
| cognition | suppose, speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate | to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds | |
| cognition | suppose, presuppose | take for granted or as a given | |
| cognition | suppose, presuppose | require as a necessary antecedent or precondition |
| Sounds | sahpow'z | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Ambrose ... Windows: 49 rhymes with owz... | |
| Meaning | Express a supposition. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Model | They suppose that there was a traffic accident | |
| Synonym | say | |
| Broader | speculate | talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion |
| Spanish | suponer | |
| Catalan | suposar | |
| Nouns | supposal | a hypothesis that is taken for granted |
| supposition | a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence | |
| Meaning | Expect, believe, or suppose. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Synonyms | think, opine, imagine, reckon, guess | |
| Narrower | suspect | hold in suspicion |
| Broader | expect, anticipate | regard something as probable or likely |
| Spanish | creer, imaginar, opinar, pensar, suponer | |
| Catalan | creure, imaginar, opinar, pensar, suposar | |
| Nouns | supposition, supposal | the cognitive process of supposing |
| Meaning | To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Example | "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps" | |
| Synonyms | speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate | |
| Narrower | explicate, formulate, develop | elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses |
| reconstruct, construct, retrace | reassemble mentally | |
| Broader | expect, anticipate | regard something as probable or likely |
| Spanish | conjeturar, especular, hipotetizar, imaginar, suponer, teorizar | |
| Catalan | conjecturar, especular, fer hipòtesis, imaginar, suposar, teoritzar | |
| Nouns | supposition, supposal | the cognitive process of supposing |
| Meaning | take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Example | "I presuppose that you have done your work" | |
| Synonym | presuppose | |
| Narrower | postulate, posit | Take as a given |
| premise, premiss | Take something as preexisting and given | |
| Broader | assume, presume, take for granted | take to be the case or to be true |
| Spanish | presuponer | |
| Catalan | presuposar | |
| Meaning | require as a necessary antecedent or precondition. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "This step presupposes two prior ones" | |
| Synonym | presuppose | |
| Category | logic | The branch of philosophy that analyzes inference |
| Broader | imply | Suggest as a logically necessary consequence |
| Spanish | presuponer | |
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