supposition
noun/ˌsʌpəˈzɪʃn/
/ˌsʌpəˈzɪʃn/
(formal)- [countable] supposition (that…) an idea that you think is true although you may not be able to prove it synonym assumption
- The police are working on the supposition that he was murdered.
- All the evidence appears to support this supposition.
- It seems a reasonable supposition.
Extra Examples- Let's work on the supposition that she meant no offence.
- She was charged on the supposition that she had colluded with her husband in the murders.
- They are making all sorts of suppositions about our possible reaction.
- We can make a supposition about how the accident happened.
- You are correct in your suppositions about the source of his wealth.
- There have been some interesting suppositions about the causes of the disease.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- reasonable
- mere
- pure
- …
- make
- be based on
- confirm
- …
- be correct
- be wrong
- be based on something
- …
- on (a/the) supposition
- supposition about
- supposition of
- …
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- [uncountable] the act of believing or claiming that something is true even though it cannot be proved
- The report is based entirely on supposition.
- What happened next is a matter of supposition.
Extra Examples- That is mere supposition!
- the supposition of innocence
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- reasonable
- mere
- pure
- …
- make
- be based on
- confirm
- …
- be correct
- be wrong
- be based on something
- …
- on (a/the) supposition
- supposition about
- supposition of
- …
Word Originlate Middle English (as a term in scholastic logic): from Old French, or from late Latin suppositio(n-) (translating Greek hupothesis ‘hypothesis’), from the verb supponere, from sub- ‘from below’ + ponere ‘to place’.
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