supposition
noun/ˌsʌpəˈzɪʃən/
Etymology From Middle English supposicioun, from Anglo-Norman supposicion, from Latin suppositiō, suppositiōnem (“supposition”), from sub- (“under”) + positiō, positiōnem (“position; theme”), from positus (“position”), from the perfect passive participle of pōnō, pōnere (“put, place”).
1
Something that is supposed; an assumption made to account for known facts, conjecture.
- The supposition that Geoffrey had been chloroformed was a reasonable hypothesis at that stage of the disclosure.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:
2
The act or an instance of supposing.
- Synonyms
- assumption, conjecture, foreguess, given, guess, hunch, hypothesis, inference, posit, possibility, postulation, presumption, reckoning, speculation, supposition, surmise, suspicion, theory
- Derived terms
- missupposition, suppositional, suppositionary, supposition theory
- Related terms
- deposition, suppositious, supposititious, suppository, axiom, act of faith, leap in the dark, leap of faith, postulate, suppose
- Hypernyms
- statement
- Hyponyms
- educated guess, intelligent guess, guesstimate, overhope, prejudice, presupposition, shot in the dark, stab in the dark, SWAG, uneducated guess, WAG, wild guess, working hypothesis