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supposition
(mass) | supposition
- predpoklad |
supposition
(encz) | supposition,předpoklad n: Zdeněk Brož |
Supposition
(gcide) | Supposition \Sup`po*si"tion\, n. [F. supposition, L. suppositio
a placing under, a substitution, fr. supponere, suppositium,
to put under, to substitute. The word has the meaning
corresponding to suppose. See Sub-, and Position.]
1. The act of supposing, laying down, imagining, or
considering as true or existing, what is known not to be
true, or what is not proved.
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2. That which is supposed; hypothesis; conjecture; surmise;
opinion or belief without sufficient evidence.
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This is only an infallibility upon supposition that
if a thing be true, it is imposible to be false.
--Tillotson.
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He means are in supposition. --Shak.
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supposition
(wn) | supposition
n 1: a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete
evidence [syn: guess, conjecture, supposition,
surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis]
2: a hypothesis that is taken for granted; "any society is built
upon certain assumptions" [syn: assumption, supposition,
supposal]
3: the cognitive process of supposing [syn: supposition,
supposal] |
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presupposition
(mass) | presupposition
- predpoklad |
presupposition
(encz) | presupposition,předpoklad n: Zdeněk Brož |
suppositional
(encz) | suppositional,domnělý adj: Zdeněk Brožsuppositional,hypotetický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Presupposition
(gcide) | Presupposition \Pre*sup`po*si"tion\, n. [Pref. pre- +
supposition: cf. F. pr['e]supposition.]
1. The act of presupposing; an antecedent implication;
presumption.
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2. That which is presupposed; a previous supposition or
surmise.
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Supposition
(gcide) | Supposition \Sup`po*si"tion\, n. [F. supposition, L. suppositio
a placing under, a substitution, fr. supponere, suppositium,
to put under, to substitute. The word has the meaning
corresponding to suppose. See Sub-, and Position.]
1. The act of supposing, laying down, imagining, or
considering as true or existing, what is known not to be
true, or what is not proved.
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2. That which is supposed; hypothesis; conjecture; surmise;
opinion or belief without sufficient evidence.
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This is only an infallibility upon supposition that
if a thing be true, it is imposible to be false.
--Tillotson.
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He means are in supposition. --Shak.
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Suppositional
(gcide) | Suppositional \Sup`po*si"tion*al\, a.
Resting on supposition; hypothetical; conjectural; supposed.
--South.
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presupposition
(wn) | presupposition
n 1: the act of presupposing; a supposition made prior to having
knowledge (as for the purpose of argument) |
suppositional
(wn) | suppositional
adj 1: based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence;
"theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still
highly conjectural"; "the supposed reason for his
absence"; "suppositious reconstructions of dead
languages"; "hypothetical situation" [syn: conjectural,
divinatory, hypothetical, hypothetic, supposed,
suppositional, suppositious, supposititious] |
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