"presupposition" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /pɹiː.sʌ.pəˈzɪ.ʃ(ə)n/ [UK] Forms: presuppositions [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French présupposition, from Latin praesuppositio, from the past participle stem of praesuppōnere (“to presuppose”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|présupposition}} Middle French présupposition, {{uder|en|la|praesuppositio}} Latin praesuppositio, {{m|la|praesuppōnere||to presuppose}} praesuppōnere (“to presuppose”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} presupposition (countable and uncountable, plural presuppositions)
  1. An assumption made beforehand; a preliminary conjecture or speculation. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (assumption, conjecture, speculation or something supposed without proof): pressuposició (Catalan), suposició (Catalan), 預設 (Chinese Mandarin), 预设 (yùshè) (Chinese Mandarin), 前提 (qiántí) (Chinese Mandarin), veronderstelling [feminine] (Dutch), aanname [feminine] (Dutch), Annahme [feminine] (German), προϋπόθεση (proÿpóthesi) [feminine] (Greek), पूर्वमान्यता (pūrvamānyatā) (Hindi), előfeltevés (Hungarian), forsenda [feminine] (Icelandic), assunzione [feminine] (Italian), congettura [feminine] (Italian), speculazione [feminine] (Italian), presupposto [masculine] (Italian), antycypacja [feminine] (Polish), pressuposição [feminine] (Portuguese), pressuposto [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-presupposition-en-noun-880StF0h Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 47 43 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 29 35 36 Disambiguation of 'assumption, conjecture, speculation or something supposed without proof': 62 3 36
  2. The act of presupposing. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of presupposing): pressuposició (Catalan), veronderstelling [feminine] (Dutch), (het) veronderstellen (Dutch), aanname [feminine] (Dutch), (het) aannemen (Dutch), προϋπόθεση (proÿpóthesi) [feminine] (Greek), presupposizione [feminine] (Italian), pressuposição [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-presupposition-en-noun-GemOViKS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 47 43 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 29 35 36 Disambiguation of 'act of presupposing': 1 96 3
  3. (linguistics) An assumption or belief implicit in an utterance or other use of language. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-presupposition-en-noun-uNsQL7Q3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 47 43 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 29 35 36 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (assumption): assumption, conjecture
Disambiguation of 'assumption': 47 0 53

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "act of presupposing",
      "word": "pressuposició"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "act of presupposing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "veronderstelling"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "act of presupposing",
      "word": "(het) veronderstellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "act of presupposing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aanname"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "act of presupposing",
      "word": "(het) aannemen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "proÿpóthesi",
      "sense": "act of presupposing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "προϋπόθεση"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "act of presupposing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "presupposizione"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act of presupposing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pressuposição"
    }
  ],
  "word": "presupposition"
}

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