supposes

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

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Where does supposes come from?

The word supposes 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.