suppose

verb

(transitive, intransitive) To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe.

(transitive) To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.

(transitive) To theorize or hypothesize.

(transitive) To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature.

(transitive, obsolete) To reckon to be, to account or esteem as.

(transitive, obsolete) To put by fraud in the place of another; to substitute fraudulently.

Roots

subsup- · Latin · under, below pono-pos · Latin · put, place

Synonyms for suppose

guessv thinkv presupposev imaginev hypothesizev reckonv presumev conjecturen sayv daresayadj assumev surmisev theorizev presurmisev opinev perhapsadv suppositionn believev

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Where does suppose come from?

The word suppose breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: sup-, from Latin sub (“under, below”); and -pos, from Latin pono (“put, place”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.