supposition

supposition
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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
Assumption
Nouns
1. supposition, assumption, postulation, condition (see qualification); presupposition, hypothesis, postulate, theory, data; proposition, position; thesis, theorem; proposal; conceit; conjecture, cast; guess[work], rough guess, shot [in the dark]; surmise, suspicion, inkling, notion, suggestion, association of ideas; presumption (see belief); divination, speculation. Informal, hunch. See reasoning.
2. theorist, theoretician, hypothesist, speculator, conjecturer.
Verbs
1. suppose, conjecture, gather, surmise, suspect, guess, divine; theorize; presume, presuppose; assume, beg the question, fancy, take it; give a guess, speculate, believe, daresay, take it into one's head, take for granted.
2. put forth, propound, propose; start, put or give a case, move, make a motion; hazard a suggestion or conjecture; put forward a suggestion; submit; allude to, suggest, hint, put it into one's head.
Adjectives — supposing, supposed, given, postulatory; assumed, suppositive, supposititious; speculative, conjectural, hypothetical, theoretical, supposable, presumptive, putative, academic, gratuitous; impractical; suggestive.
Adverbs — supposedly, theoretically, on paper, seemingly, if, if so be; on the supposition of, in case of, in the event of; quasi, as if, provided; perhaps; for all one knows; for the sake of argument.
Quotations — How seldom is it that theories stand the wear and tear of practice! (Anthony Trollope), The great tragedy of Science — the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact (Aldous Huxley), All theory, dear friend, is grey, but the golden tree of actual life springs ever green (Goethe).
Antonyms, see knowledge, certainty.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [A guess]
Syn. surmise, notion, speculation; see guess , guessing .
2. [A theory]
Syn. idea, thesis, likelihood; see hypothesis , opinion 1 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
assumption, hypothesis, presumption, thought, guess, suspicion, theory, belief, conjecture, postulate.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. A judgment, estimate, or opinion arrived at by guessing: conjecture, guess, guesswork, speculation, surmise. See OPINION. 2. Something taken to be true without proof: assumption, postulate, postulation, premise, presupposition, theory, thesis. See REASON.

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  • Supposition — (lat.), Annahme, Voraussetzung; Unterschiebung, z. B. eines Testaments, eines Kindes etc …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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