| 单词 | supposition |
| 释义 | supposition (once / 690 pages) n A supposition is a guess or a hypothesis. Your supposition that your kids will automatically wash their hands before dinner is probably false. You'd best remind them to do it or risk dirty hands at dinner. What's the difference between an assumption and a supposition — both nouns that are often taken as synonyms for each other? An assumption is an idea or theory that is usually made without proof. A supposition, on the other hand, has the connotation that the idea or theory is testable and provable. If you are to meet someone named Hunter, you may make the assumption that you are meeting a man. But if you know that Hunter lives in an all-female dorm, you may have the supposition that Hunter is a woman. WORD FAMILYsupposition: suppositional, suppositions, suppositious, supposititious+/presuppose: presupposed, presupposes, presupposing, presupposition/presupposition: presuppositions/supposable: supposably/supposal: supposals/suppose: presuppose, supposable, supposal, supposed, supposes, supposing, supposition/supposed: supposedly/suppositious: suppositiously/supposititious: supposititiously USAGE EXAMPLESThe announcement also raised suppositions that Son might be seeking to curry favor for his U.S. business interests. Washington Post(Dec 06, 2016) "Most of what's been said about me is in the category of supposition, smear or just plain wrong facts," he said. BBC(Nov 16, 2016) He could make these suppositions more plausible by nominating Kelly Ayotte to be attorney general. Washington Post(Nov 11, 2016) 1n the cognitive process of supposing Syn|Hypo|Hyper supposal presupposition the act of presupposing; a supposition made prior to having knowledge (as for the purpose of argument) conjecture reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence 2n a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence Syn|Hypo|Hyper conjecture, guess, hypothesis, speculation, surmisal, surmise divination successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck opinion, view a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof 3n a hypothesis that is taken for granted Syn|Hypo|Hyper assumption, supposal conclusion an intuitive assumption base, basis, cornerstone, foundation, fundament, groundworkthe fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained given, precondition, presumptionan assumption that is taken for granted basic assumption, constatation, self-evident truthan assumption that is basic to an argument non sequitur(logic) a conclusion that does not follow from the premises meat and potatoesthe fundamental part hypothesis, possibility, theory a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena |
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