suppose English · revision 4497

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1303|origins=la supponere}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /səˈpəʊz/, US /səˈpoʊz/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|supposen]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) [[bor|fro|supposer|t=to assume]] (13th century),^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) probably a replacement, under the influence of poser “to put, place”, of *suppondre,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) from [[la|suppōnere|t=to put under; to subordinate]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(NODE 1998) which in Medieval Latin also meant “to suppose, assume”,^(MWU 2024)^(Barnhart 1988) from sub “under” and pōnere “to put, place”.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) It is related to [[pose]], [[position]] and [[supposition]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To hold an opinion, assume, incline to think: about 1303 in Barnhart, in Mannyng's Handlyng Synne;^(Barnhart 1988) about 1300 in Etymonline, also “to make a hypothesis”;^(Etymonline) 1340 in the OED.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ To imagine or conceive is from about 1386,^(OED 1989) and parenthetical ''I suppose'' from 1390.^(OED 1989) To admit as possible, believe without reflection, is from the 1520s,^(Etymonline) and to infer hypothetically from about 1600.^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) The noun suppose, a supposition, was used from 1566 but is now obsolete.^(OED 1989) ''Supposed'' as an adjective is from 1582,^(Barnhart 1988) and ''supposedly'' from 1611.^(Barnhart 1988) ''Supposition'' is from 1410.^(Barnhart 1988) In the dialects of Scotland and the English Midlands suppose was used as a conjunction meaning “even if”.^(Wright 1898)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1303 – to hold an opinion.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * c. 1386 – to imagine.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1410 – ''supposition''.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1520s – to believe without reflection.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1566 – noun (obsolete).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1582 – ''supposed''.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * c. 1600 – to infer hypothetically.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To believe or [[assume]], especially on uncertain grounds.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To take as true for the sake of argument: ''suppose it rains''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To consider likely; to expect.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To require as a condition; to [[presuppose]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''be supposed to'': to be expected or required to.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[supposable]]

+ * [[supposably]]

+ * [[supposer]]

+ * [[missuppose]]

+ * [[supposal]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pose]]

+ * [[position]]

+ * [[supposition]]

+ * [[suppository]]

+ * [[presuppose]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}