## Meanings
1. To think that something is probably true, though you are not certain.
2. To imagine that something is the case, often in order to consider it.
3. To require something to exist or be true beforehand; to imply.

## Examples
- I suppose we all agree that this is the best solution.
- Suppose you won the lottery — what would you do?
- Making a plan supposes that you know your goal.

## Synonyms
- arread
- assume
- conject
- conjecture
- daresay
- dope
- fancy
- foreguess
- guess
- guesstimate
- hunch
- hypothesize

## Derived Forms
- supposable
- supposedly

## Related Forms
- supposition

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *tḱey-
- Root: supposen
- Root: supposer
- Root: supponere

## Etymology
From Middle English supposen, borrowed from Old French supposer, equivalent to prefix sub- (“under”) + poser (“to place”); corresponding in meaning to Latin supponere (“to put under, to substitute, falsify, counterfeit”), suppositum. See pose.

## AI Etymology
Suppose is from Middle English supposen, borrowed from Old French supposer, equivalent to prefix sub- (“under”) + poser (“to place”); corresponding in meaning to Latin supponere (“to put under, to substitute, falsify, counterfeit”), suppositum. See pose. In present-day use, it can mean to think that something is probably true, though you are not certain, or to imagine that something is the case, often in order to consider it.

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- Mind & Cognition

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