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. The apostrophe is not always shown.) •Tom: Will it rain today? Bob: I suppose so.
•Sue: Happy? Bill: I 'spect. Sue: You don't sound happy. Bill: I guess not.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
supposé — supposé, ée [ sypoze ] adj. • attesté XVIIe; de supposer 1 ♦ Admis comme hypothèse. Considéré comme probable. Le nombre supposé des victimes. L auteur supposé du vol. ⇒ présumé. Père supposé. ⇒ putatif. L auteur supposé d un livre. ⇒ prétendu. 2… … Encyclopédie Universelle
suppose - assume — ◊ suppose If you suppose that something is the case, you think it is probably the case. I suppose it was bound to happen. I suppose he left fairly recently. ◊ assume If you assume that something is the case, you are fairly sure that it is th … Useful english dictionary
supposé — supposé, ée (su pô zé, zée) part. passé de supposer. 1° Posé pour hypothèse. Ce fait supposé vrai. Cela supposé, dans cette supposition. Supposé (invariable), en supposant. • Je montre aux premiers que, supposé l exemple des saints,… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
suppose — [sə pōz′] vt. supposed, supposing [ME supposen < MFr supposer, to suppose, imagine, altered (infl. by poser: see POSE1) < ML supponere, to suppose, assume < L, to put under, substitute < sub ,SUB + ponere: see POSITION] 1. to assume… … English World dictionary
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came — (a.k.a War Games, Old Soldiers Never) was a 1969 feature film.The plot a mixture of comic and dramatic elements concerns the reactions of a number of WWII veterans to the then (1969) contemporary US army.Directed by Hy Averback and produced by… … Wikipedia
Suppose — Sup*pose , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Supposed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Supposing}.] [F. supposer; pref. sub under + poser to place; corresponding in meaning to L. supponere, suppositum, to put under, to substitute, falsify, counterfeit. See {Pose}.] 1. To… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Suppose — Sup*pose , n. Supposition. [Obs.] Shak. A base suppose that he is honest. Dryden. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
suppose — suppose, supposing Both words are used as quasi conjunctions to introduce an assumption or hypothesis: • Suppose the guards were more alert, security measures more effective R. Ludlum, 1978 • Supposing there s a change of venue CNN news… … Modern English usage
suppose — [v1] assume, guess accept, admit, brainstorm, calculate, conjecture, cook up*, dare say*, deem, divine, dream, estimate, expect, figure, go out on a limb*, grant, guesstimate*, hazard a guess*, hypothesize, imagine, infer, judge, opine, posit,… … New thesaurus
Suppose — Sup*pose , v. i. To make supposition; to think; to be of opinion. Acts ii. 15. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
suppose — I verb allude to, anticipate, assume, believe, be of the opinion, calculate, conceive, conclude, conjecture, consider, deduce, deduct, deem, estimate, expect, feel, gather, gauge, generalize, guess, hint, hypothesize, imagine, imply, infer,… … Law dictionary
