Definitions for suppose

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suppose sup·pose

Spelling: [suh-pohz]

IPA: /səˈpoʊz/

Suppose is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 101 anagrams from letters in suppose (eoppssu).

Definitions for suppose

verb (used with object)

1. to assume (something), as for the sake of argument or as part of a proposition or theory:
2. to consider (something) as a possibility suggested or an idea or plan proposed:
3. to believe or assume as true; take for granted:
4. to think or hold as an opinion:
5. to require logically; imply; presuppose:
6. (used in the passive) to expect or design; require or permit (followed by an infinitive verb):

verb (used without object)

1. to assume something; presume; think.

Origin of suppose

1275-1325; Middle English supposen Old French supposer, equivalent to sup- sup- + poser to pose¹; compare Medieval Latin suppōnere

Examples for suppose

I suppose if you get obsessed with the notion of being a writer more than the writing itself, that would be bad.

If he had been picked up by any vessel I suppose he would have written.

These circumstances have led me to suppose that you worship them as mere forms.

"No, I suppose not," said Hester, thus disclaiming the title.

Now consider a different question: suppose Al Gore had stayed in the race.

A grievous error it is to suppose that Cupid's artillery is limited to bow and arrows.

"I suppose you want to be taken back," said the superintendent, abruptly.

But let's suppose for a second that these emails had been released to the press.

“I suppose she'll want a fortune as well,” he says, looking at me as if I were Liv Ullmann's agent.

suppose my hotel “conscientiously objects” to hosting a gay couple.