supposition

Noun
Synonyms: guessconjecturesurmisesurmisalspeculationhypothesisassumptionsupposal

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidenceSynonyms: guessconjecturesurmisesurmisalspeculationhypothesis
  2. a hypothesis that is taken for granted“any society is built upon certain assumptions”Synonyms: assumptionsupposal
  3. the cognitive process of supposingSynonyms: supposal
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Webster's Dictionary (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. [1913 Webster]

2.That which is supposed; hypothesis; conjecture; surmise; opinion or belief without sufficient evidence. [1913 Webster]

This is only an infallibility upon supposition that if a thing be true, it is imposible to be false.— Tillotson.[1913 Webster]
He means are in supposition.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
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