presuppose
[verb]
Synonyms: presume, assume, imply, posit, postulate, take as read, take for granted

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Related Words: conjecture, guess, surmise, deduce, infer, judge, believe, expect, gather, imagine, reckon, suppose, suspect, take, think, understand, preconceive

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

pre‧sup‧pose /ˌpriːsəˈpəʊz $ -ˈpoʊz/ verb [transitive] formal
[Word Family: verb: suppose, presuppose; noun: supposition, presupposition; adverb: supposedly; adjective: supposed]

1. to depend on something that is believed to exist or to be true Synonym : assume:
The idea of heaven presupposes the existence of God.
presuppose that
Your argument presupposes that Dickens was a social reformer.

2. to have to happen if something is true:
Without struggle there can be no progress, and struggle presupposes winners and losers.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲