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supposition (noun)

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  • supposition — ► NOUN ▪ an assumption or hypothesis …   English terms dictionary

  • supposition — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ reasonable ▪ It is a reasonable supposition that many mothers would welcome the offer of part time work. ▪ mere, pure (both esp. BrE) ▪ That is mere supposition! …   Collocations dictionary

  • supposition — noun (C, U) something that you think is true even though you are not certain and cannot prove it: His version of events is pure supposition. | supposition (that): The police are acting on the supposition that she took the money …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • supposition — noun Etymology: Middle English supposicioun, from Anglo French supposicion, from Late Latin supposition , suppositio, from Latin, act of placing beneath, from supponere Date: 15th century 1. something that is supposed ; hypothesis 2. the act of… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • supposition — I noun assumption, belief, conception, coniectura, conjecture, guess, hypothesis, likelihood, likeliness, opinio, opinion, position, postulate, premise, presumption, probability, speculation, supposal, surmise, suspicion, theorem, theory, thesis… …   Law dictionary

  • supposition — early 15c., a term in logic, from L.L. suppositionem (nom. suppositio) assumption, hypothesis, noun of action from pp. stem of supponere (see SUPPOSE (Cf. suppose)); influenced by Gk. hypothesis …   Etymology dictionary

  • supposition — noun her supposition is based on previous results Syn: belief, surmise, idea, notion, suspicion, conjecture, speculation, inference, theory, hypothesis, postulation, guess, feeling, hunch, assumption, presumption …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • supposition theory — noun Theory in medieval Europe to explain then modern events from an Aristotelian context …   Wiktionary

  • supposition — noun a) Something that is supposed; an assumption, conjecture or speculation b) The act or an instance of supposing …   Wiktionary

  • supposition — noun an assumption or hypothesis. Derivatives suppositional adjective …   English new terms dictionary

  • supposition — sup|po|si|tion [ ,sʌpə zıʃn ] noun count or uncount something you believe is true although you cannot prove it: We presume they were after the diamonds, but that is mere supposition. supposition (that): We are working on the supposition that… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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