"supposition" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌsʌpəˈzɪʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-supposition.wav Forms: suppositions [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English supposicioun, from Anglo-Norman supposicion, from Latin suppositiō, suppositiōnem (“supposition”), from sub- (“under”) + positiō, positiōnem (“position; theme”), from positus (“position”), from the perfect passive participle of pōnō, pōnere (“put, place”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|supposicioun}} Middle English supposicioun, {{der|en|xno|supposicion}} Anglo-Norman supposicion, {{der|en|la|suppositio|suppositiō, suppositiōnem|supposition}} Latin suppositiō, suppositiōnem (“supposition”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} supposition (countable and uncountable, plural suppositions)
  1. Something that is supposed; an assumption made to account for known facts, conjecture. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (assumption): ὑπόληψις (hupólēpsis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), اِفْتِرَاض (iftirāḍ) [masculine] (Arabic), فَرْضِيَّة (farḍiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), fərziyyə (Azerbaijani), təxmin (Azerbaijani), güman (Azerbaijani), zənn (Azerbaijani), ehtimal (Azerbaijani), fərz (Azerbaijani), прыпушчэ́нне (prypuščénnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), предположе́ние (predpoložénie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), suposició [feminine] (Catalan), 假定 (jiǎdìng) (Chinese Mandarin), předpoklad [masculine] (Czech), veronderstelling (Dutch), supozo (Esperanto), oletus (Finnish), hypothèse [feminine] (French), supposition [feminine] (French), conjecture [feminine] (French), Annahme [feminine] (German), Supposition [feminine, jargon] (German), υπόθεση (ypóthesi) [feminine] (Greek), feltevés (Hungarian), glacan [feminine] (Irish), dóigh [feminine] (Irish), supposizione [feminine] (Italian), presupposto (Italian), 想像 (sōzō) (alt: そうぞう) (Japanese), 推測 (suisoku) (alt: すいそく) (Japanese), 상상 (sangsang) (Korean), 추측 (chucheuk) (Korean), pūmāramarama (Maori), تقدیر (takdir) (Ottoman Turkish), założenie [neuter] (Polish), suposição [feminine] (Portuguese), supoziție [feminine] (Romanian), presupunere [feminine] (Romanian), предположе́ние (predpoložénije) [neuter] (Russian), predpoklad [masculine] (Slovak), suposición [feminine] (Spanish), supposition [common-gender] (Swedish), припу́щення (prypúščennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-supposition-en-noun-TTnPPGf6 Disambiguation of 'assumption': 95 5
  2. The act or an instance of supposing. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the act or an instance of supposing): Annehmen [neuter] (German), forshuíomh [masculine] (Irish), toimhde [feminine] (Irish), presupunere [feminine] (Romanian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: statement Hyponyms: shot in the dark Derived forms: supposition theory Related terms: suppositious, axiom, postulate, suppose

Inflected forms

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