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US
/səˈpoʊz/
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[ UK /sʌpˈəʊz/ ]
[ UK /sʌpˈəʊz/ ]
VERB
-
require as a necessary antecedent or precondition
This step presupposes two prior ones -
to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps -
expect, believe, or suppose
I thought to find her in a bad state
he didn't think to find her in the kitchen
I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel
I guess she is angry at me for standing her up -
take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand
I presuppose that you have done your work -
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?
How To Use suppose In A Sentence
- Mass culture is supposedly a leveler and globalizer - by definition, we all share mass cultural references.
- He plays David as a charismatic rogue - someone the audience is supposed to recognize as a bit of a scoundrel, but like nevertheless.
- One of the nastiest is the way in which male honour is seen as bound up with female behaviour so that any supposed compromise or scandal in what happens to women, even becoming a rape victim, justifies violence against them as well as against their abusers or seducers; hence the 'honour killings' of young girls that disfigure some societies even today. Temple Address: "Becoming Trustworthy: Respect and Self-Respect" Church House
- I feel unwanted feel like leaving spreading lies can't help but feel lonelily you've damned me to hell once twice and again you're supposed to be my parents not just another person that hates me dead - alive Godhatesu Diary Entry
- Stealing away, (whence, I suppose, the ironical phrase of trusty Trojan to this day,) like a thief — pretendedly indeed at the command of the gods; but could that be, when the errand he went upon was to rob other princes, not only of their dominions, but of their lives? — Clarissa Harlowe
- The timing of the minister's visit, however, could somewhat detract from the goodwill it's supposed to generate.
- Suppose you were driving your car on a rainy night, or an extremely hot night. Christianity Today
- This makes is seem inevitable that the scanning device which supposedly generates higher-order experiences of our first-order visual experience would have to be almost as sophisticated and complex as the visual system itself.
- Probation officers were supposed to have been keeping a close watch on him. The Sun
- Making an efficient icebox was not as easy as we might now suppose.