suppose
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
express a supposition
Let us say that he did not tell the truth
Types & categories
- speculate hypernym
Related & opposite
- supposal derivation
- supposition derivation
Sense 2 verb
expect, believe, or suppose
I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- supposal derivation
- dead reckoning derivation
- thought derivation
- opinion derivation
- supposition derivation
- guesser derivation
Sense 3 verb
to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps
Types & categories
- expect hypernym
- reconstruct hyponym
- formulate hyponym
Related & opposite
- conjecture derivation
- theorization derivation
- supposal derivation
- hypothesis derivation
- conjecture derivation
- theory derivation
- supposition derivation
- hypothesis derivation
- speculator derivation
- theorist derivation
- notional derivation
Sense 4 verb
take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand
I presuppose that you have done your work
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- presupposition derivation
Sense 5 verb
require as a necessary antecedent or precondition
This step presupposes two prior ones
Types & categories
- imply hypernym
Related & opposite
- logic domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | supposal |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | supposition |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | speculate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | supposal |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dead reckoning |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | thought |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | opinion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | supposition |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | guesser |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | expect |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | suspect |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | conjecture |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | theorization |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | supposal |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | hypothesis |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | conjecture |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | theory |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | supposition |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | hypothesis |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | speculator |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | theorist |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | notional |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | expect |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | reconstruct |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | formulate |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | presupposition |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | presume |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | postulate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | premiss |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | logic |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | imply |