Found 3 items, similar to supposition.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: supposition
andai-andai, anggapan, pengandaian, perkiraan, sangkaan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: supposition
supposition
n 1: a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
[syn:
guess,
conjecture,
surmise,
surmisal,
speculation,
hypothesis]
2: a hypothesis that is taken for granted;
“any society is
built upon certain assumptions” [syn:
assumption,
supposal]
3: the cognitive process of supposing [syn:
supposal]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Supposition
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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