suppose

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  1. transitive verb To assume to be true or real for the sake of argument or explanation: Suppose we win the lottery.
  2. transitive verb To believe, especially on uncertain or tentative grounds: Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps.
  3. transitive verb To consider to be probable or likely: I suppose it will rain.
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  1. Middle English supposen, from Old French supposer, alteration (influenced by poser, to place) of Medieval Latin suppōnere, from Latin, to put under : sub-, sub- + pōnere, to place; see apo- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English supposen, soposen, from Old French supposer, French supposer, taking the place of *suppondre = Spanish suponer = Portuguese suppôr = Italian supponere, supporre, from Latin supponere, subponere, past participle suppositus, subpositus, put under, substitute, especially substitute by fraud, subjoin, annex, also subject, Late Latin place as a pledge, hypothecate, in Middle Latin suppose, from sub, under, + ponere, set, place, put: see suppone and pose.
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