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Meanings of supposition in English

Portuguese
fazerdeconta
Catalan
conjetura
Spanish
conjetura

A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence.

      fazerdeconta
      Portuguese
      pressuposição
      Catalan
      supòsit
      Spanish
      suposición

      A hypothesis that is taken for granted.

            pressuposição

            That which one holds to be true; the acceptance of a fact, opinion, or assertion as real or true despite a lack of strong evidence or knowledge.

                  Usage of supposition in English
                  1
                  All the facts in the case seem to bear out this supposition.
                  The Grand Canyon of Arizona: How to See It
                  2
                  But another clause of the Constitution proves the absurdity of the supposition.
                  The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 4 of 4
                  3
                  The events of the last three days would almost warrant the supposition.
                  The Phantom Ship
                  4
                  The supposition that all our profession is founded in pride and vain-glory.
                  Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03
                  5
                  And his abrupt and masterly manner and speech aided in this supposition.
                  Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive; Or, Two Miles a Minute on...
                  6
                  She knew well there had to be such forms of bureaucratic supposition.
                  Atonement
                  7
                  The latter supposition seems, upon the whole, the more plausible and scientific.
                  The Destiny of the Soul: A Critical History of the Doctrine of a...
                  8
                  Fiendish as such conduct may appear, there was probability in the supposition.
                  Ran Away to Sea
                  9
                  Nor to mine; yet we have no proof to sustain your supposition.
                  At Last: A Novel
                  10
                  But you are making a supposition; you do not know at all.
                  Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary
                  11
                  The supposition was that the thorn had been swallowed while eating radishes.
                  Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
                  12
                  The armed guard on duty at the manor gates verified this supposition.
                  The Nameless Castle
                  13
                  But the former supposition is impracticable, and therefore the latter is dutiful.
                  Notes on the Apocalypse
                  14
                  I saw you meet Mr. Stewart, and was confirmed in my supposition.
                  Inez: A Tale of the Alamo
                  15
                  So that, on neither supposition, would the executive be justifiable in interposing.
                  Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, From the Papers of Tho...
                  16
                  But in most cases this easy supposition will not do its work.
                  Physics and Politics, or, Thoughts on the application of the pri...
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                  Supposition through the time
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                  United States of America
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