Suppose

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To assume to be true or real for the sake of argument or explanation: Suppose we win the lottery.
  • v. To believe, especially on uncertain or tentative grounds: Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps.
  • v. To consider to be probable or likely: I suppose it will rain.
  • v. To imply as an antecedent condition; presuppose: "Patience must suppose pain” ( Samuel Johnson).
  • v. To consider as a suggestion: Suppose we dine together.
  • verb-intransitive. To imagine; conjecture.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe.
  • v. To theorize or hypothesize.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To represent to one's self, or state to another, not as true or real, but as if so, and with a view to some consequence or application which the reality would involve or admit of; to imagine or admit to exist, for the sake of argument or illustration; to assume to be true; as, let us suppose the earth to be the center of the system, what would be the result?
  • v. To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.
  • v. To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature.
  • v. To put by fraud in the place of another.
  • verb-intransitive. To make supposition; to think; to be of opinion.
  • n. Supposition.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To infer hypothetically; conceive a state of things, and dwell upon the idea (at least for a moment) with an inclination to believe it true, due to the agreement of its consequences with observed fact, but not free from doubt.
  • To make a hypothesis; formulate a proposition without reference to its being true or false, with a view of tracing out its consequences.
  • To assume as true without reflection; presume; opine; believe.
  • To imply; involve as a further proposition or consequence; proceed from, as from a hypothesis.
  • To put, as one thing by fraud in the place of another.
  • To make or form a supposition; think; imagine.
  • n. Supposition; presumption; conjecture; opinion.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. require as a necessary antecedent or precondition
  • v. express a supposition
  • v. to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
  • v. take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand
  • v. expect, believe, or suppose
  • Verb Form
    supposed    supposes    supposing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    imply    speculate   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    conjecture    conclude    imagine    judge    consider    regard    assume    view    believe    think   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bose    Brose    Goes    Joes    Jos    Mose    Rose    Stavros    arose    bestows   
    Same Context
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