suppose

About 42.16 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe.

   I suppose we all agree that this is the best solution.

2. verb To theorize or hypothesize.

   Suppose that A implies B and B implies C. Then A implies C.

3. verb To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.
4. verb To reckon to be, to account or esteem as.
5. verb To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature.

   Purpose supposes foresight.

6. verb To put by fraud in the place of another; to substitute fraudulently.

Similar words

conjecture hypothesize guess speculate think theorize imagine reckon say hypothecate

Often followed by

that the you i it we a he they

Word family

supposed supposes supposing