Dictionary

supposition en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌsʌpəˈzɪʃən/
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Etymology

From Middle English supposicioun, from Anglo-Norman supposicion, from Latin suppositiō, suppositiōnem (“supposition”), from sub- (“under”) + positiō, positiōnem (“position; theme”), from positus (“position”), from the perfect passive participle of pōnō, pōnere (“put, place”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Something that is supposed; an assumption made to account for known facts, conjecture.
   • The supposition that Geoffrey had been chloroformed was a reasonable hypothesis at that stage of the disclosure. 1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:
   • The supposition would therefore have to be that socialism will owe its success to a higher degree of labour productivity than is possible under capitalism. 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume I: The Founders, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 375:
2. (countable, uncountable) The act or an instance of supposing.

Forms

Deriveds

missupposition · suppositionary · supposition theory · suppositional

Hypernyms

statement

Hyponyms

SWAG · shot in the dark · intelligent guess · wild guess · prejudice · working hypothesis · stab in the dark · educated guess · presupposition · WAG · guesstimate · uneducated guess · overhope

Relateds

suppose · supposititious · act of faith · deposition · leap in the dark · suppository · axiom · suppositious · postulate · leap of faith

Synonyms

conjecture · presumption · suspicion · foreguess · given · posit · speculation · surmise · theory · reckoning · postulation · possibility · assumption · supposition · hunch · hypothesis · inference · guess

Translations (51)

cs předpoklad (assumption) · ja 想像 (assumption) · ga forshuíomh (the act or an instance of supposing) · pl przypuszczenie (the act or an instance of supposing) · de Supposition (assumption) · es suposición (assumption) · ko 상상 (assumption) · ja 推測 (assumption) · grc ὑπόληψις (assumption) · pt suposição (assumption) · sv supposition (assumption) · ga glacan (assumption) · ro supoziție (assumption) · el υπόθεση (assumption) · az fərz (assumption) · ga toimhde (the act or an instance of supposing) · eo supozo (assumption) · az ehtimal (assumption) · az güman (assumption) · ca suposició (assumption) · pl założenie (the act or an instance of supposing) · fr supposition (assumption) · bg предположе́ние (assumption) · ar فَرْضِيَّة (assumption) · ga dóigh (assumption) · ro presupunere (assumption) · de Annahme (assumption) · az fərziyyə (assumption) · sk predpoklad (assumption) · uk припу́щення (assumption) · de Annehmen (the act or an instance of supposing) · ru предположе́ние (assumption) · pl założenie (assumption) · ro presupunere (the act or an instance of supposing) · ko 추측 (assumption) · cmn 設想 /设想 (assumption) · be прыпушчэ́нне (assumption) · pl przypuszczenie (assumption) · fi oletus (assumption) · az təxmin (assumption) · ar اِفْتِرَاض (assumption) · it presupposto (assumption) · fr hypothèse (assumption) · fr conjecture (assumption) · mi pūmāramarama (assumption) · ota تقدیر (assumption) · hu feltevés (assumption) · nl veronderstelling (assumption) · cmn 假定 (assumption) · az zənn (assumption) · it supposizione (assumption)