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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun supposition has 3 senses
- supposition(n = noun.communication) conjecture, guess, hypothesis, speculation, surmisal, surmise - a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence; Array is a kind of opinion, view
- supposition(n = noun.cognition) assumption, supposal - a hypothesis that is taken for granted; "any society is built upon certain assumptions" has particulars: conclusion, base, basis, cornerstone, foundation, fundament, groundwork, given, precondition, presumption, basic assumption, constatation, self-evident truth
- supposition(n = noun.cognition) supposal - the cognitive process of supposing; Array is a kind of conjecture
has particulars: divination
Derived forms verb suppose1, adjective suppositional1, adjective suppositious1, adjective supposititious1
is a kind of hypothesis, possibility, theory
Derived forms adjective suppositional1, adjective suppositious1, adjective supposititious1
has particulars: presupposition
Derived forms verb suppose2, verb suppose3, adjective suppositional1
CIDE DICTIONARY
supposition, n. [F. supposition, L. suppositio a placing under, a substitution, fr. supponere, suppositium, to put under, to substitute. The word has the meaning corresponding to suppose. See Sub-, and Position.].
- The act of supposing, laying down, imagining, or considering as true or existing, what is known not to be true, or what is not proved. [1913 Webster]
- That which is supposed; hypothesis; conjecture; surmise; opinion or belief without sufficient evidence. [1913 Webster]"This is only an infallibility upon supposition that if a thing be true, it is imposible to be false." [1913 Webster]"He means are in supposition." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
supposition, n.
1 a fact or idea etc. supposed.
2 the act or an instance of supposing.
1 a fact or idea etc. supposed.
2 the act or an instance of supposing.
Derivative
suppositional adj.
THESAURUS
supposition
allegory, allusion, apprehension, apriorism, arcane meaning, assumption, axiom, belief, coloration, conceit, concept, conception, conjecture, connotation, fancy, guesswork, hint, hypothesis, idea, image, imago, implication, implied meaning, import, impression, inference, innuendo, intellectual object, intimation, ironic suggestion, meaning, memory-trace, mental image, mental impression, metaphorical sense, notion, nuance, observation, occult meaning, opinion, overtone, perception, perhaps, posit, postulate, postulation, postulatum, premise, presumption, presupposal, presupposition, proposal, proposition, recept, reflection, representation, sentiment, set of postulates, speculation, subsense, subsidiary sense, suggestion, supposal, suppose, supposing, surmise, symbolism, theory, thesis, thought, tinge, touch, undercurrent, undermeaning, undertone, working hypothesisROGET THESAURUS
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Supposition
N supposition, assumption, assumed position, postulation, condition, presupposition, hypothesis, blue sky hypothesis, postulate, postulatum, theory, thesis, theorem, data, proposition, position, proposal, presumption, divination, conjecture, guess, guesswork, speculation, rough guess, shot, shot in the dark, conjecturality, surmise, suspicion, sneaking suspicion, estimate, approximation (nearness), inkling, suggestion, hint, intimation, notion, impression, bare supposition, vague supposition, loose supposition, loose suggestion, association of ideas, (analogy), metonym, metonymy, simile (metaphor), conceit, idea, thought, original idea, invention (imagination), supposing, given, mooted, postulatory, assumed, supposititious, suppositive, suppositious, gratuitous, speculative, conjectural, hypothetical, theoretical, academic, supposable, presumptive, putative, suppositional, suggestive, allusive, if, if so be, an, on the supposition, ex hypothesi, in the case, in the event of, quasi, as if, provided, perhaps, for aught one knows.
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