Synonyms for presuppose
ˌpri səˈpoʊzpre·sup·pose

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1. presuppose

   Synonyms:
   presume, assume, postulate, surmise

   Antonyms:
   prove, establish, infer, deduce, argue, demonstrate

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1. presuppose, supposeverb

   take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand

   "I presuppose that you have done your work"

   Synonyms:
   opine, hypothesise, imagine, hypothecate, say, theorize, guess, reckon, speculate, conjecture, hypothesize, theorise, think, suppose

2. presuppose, supposeverb

   require as a necessary antecedent or precondition

   "This step presupposes two prior ones"

   Synonyms:
   opine, hypothesise, imagine, hypothecate, say, theorize, guess, reckon, speculate, conjecture, hypothesize, theorise, think, suppose

Matched Categories

1. • Imply
   • Logic

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1. presupposeverb

   Synonyms:
   imply, assume, suppose, take for granted

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1. List of paraphrases for "presuppose":

   assume

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How to use presuppose in a sentence?

1. John Wood Campbell, Jr.:

   We presuppose two things that there is yet to be learned infinitely more than is now known, and that man can learn it.

2. Walter Raleigh:

   All histories do show, and wise politicians do hold it necessary that, for the well-governing of every Commonweal, it behoveth man to presuppose that all men are evil, and will declare themselves so to be when occasion is offered.

3. Matthew Haimes:

   Family offices need someone they trust, you need to go into each meeting without an agenda, without trying to presuppose what a client wants.

4. John Meier:

   We've assigned an investigating officer to look into that and to really to look into the proximate cause. Was there an immediate trigger ? Was there a linkage between those events ? I expect that to report out this week, and I won't presuppose the outcome of that report.

5. Walter Raleigh:

   Who so taketh in hand to frame any state or government ought to presuppose that all men are evil, and at occasions will show themselves so to be.