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Verb suppose has 5 senses
- suppose, say - express a supposition; "Let us say that he did not tell the truth"; "Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?"
--1 is one way to speculate
Sample sentence:
They suppose that there was a traffic accident
- think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess - expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"
--2 is one way to expect, anticipate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose - to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
--3 is one way to expect, anticipate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- presuppose, suppose - take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand; "I presuppose that you have done your work"
--4 is one way to assume, presume, take for granted
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- presuppose, suppose - require as a necessary antecedent or precondition; "This step presupposes two prior ones"
--5 is one way to imply
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
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