Definition of supposition

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Supposition (n.) The act of supposing, laying down, imagining, or considering as true or existing, what is known not to be true, or what is not proved..

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Converse :: Converse (n.) A proposition in which, after a conclusion from something supposed has been drawn, the order is inverted, making the conclusion the supposition or premises, what was first supposed becoming now the conclusion or inference. Thus, if two sides of a sides of a triangle are equal, the angles opposite the sides are equal; and the converse is true, i.e., if these angles are equal, the two sides are equal..
Suppressed :: Supposure (n.) Supposition; hypothesis; conjecture.
Premise :: Premise (n.) A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
Presupposition :: Presupposition (n.) That which is presupposed; a previous supposition or surmise.
If :: If (conj.) In case that; granting, allowing, or supposing that; -- introducing a condition or supposition..
Supposition :: Supposition (n.) The act of supposing, laying down, imagining, or considering as true or existing, what is known not to be true, or what is not proved..
Suppositional :: Supposition (n.) That which is supposed; hypothesis; conjecture; surmise; opinion or belief without sufficient evidence.
Conditional :: Conditional (a.) Expressing a condition or supposition; as, a conditional word, mode, or tense..
Presumption :: Presumption (n.) Ground for presuming; evidence probable, but not conclusive; strong probability; reasonable supposition; as, the presumption is that an event has taken place..
Suppositive :: Suppositive (a.) Including or implying supposition, or hypothesis; supposed..
Position :: Position (n.) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; -- called also the rule of trial and error.
Suppose :: Suppose (v. i.) To make supposition; to think; to be of opinion.
Assumption :: Assumption (n.) The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition..
Presupposition :: Presupposition (n.) The act of presupposing; an antecedent implication; presumption.
Admissible :: Admissible (a.) Entitled to be admitted, or worthy of being admitted; that may be allowed or conceded; allowable; as, the supposition is hardly admissible..
Postulate :: Postulate (n.) Something demanded or asserted; especially, a position or supposition assumed without proof, or one which is considered as self-evident; a truth to which assent may be demanded or challenged, without argument or evidence..
Urohaematin :: Urohaematin (n.) Urinary haematin; -- applied to the normal coloring matter of the urine, on the supposition that it is formed either directly or indirectly (through bilirubin) from the haematin of the blood. See Urochrome, and Urobilin..
Should :: Should (imp.) Used as an auxiliary verb, to express a conditional or contingent act or state, or as a supposition of an actual fact; also, to express moral obligation (see Shall); e. g.: they should have come last week; if I should go; I should think you could go..
Give :: Give (n.) To allow or admit by way of supposition.
Supposititious :: Suppositional (a.) Resting on supposition; hypothetical; conjectural; supposed.
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