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suppose

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express a supposition(verb.communication)

Synonym:
say

source: wordnet30
expect, believe, or suppose(verb.cognition)

Synonym:
guess, imagine, opine, reckon, think

source: wordnet30
to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds(verb.cognition)

Example:
Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps.

Synonym:
conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, theorise, theorize

source: wordnet30
take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand(verb.cognition)

Example:
I presuppose that you have done your work.

Synonym:
presuppose

source: wordnet30
require as a necessary antecedent or precondition(verb.cognition)

Example:
This step presupposes two prior ones.

source: wordnet30
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?(verb)

source: webster1913
To make supposition; to think; to be of opinion.(verb)

source: webster1913

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