Presuppose
[priːsə'pəʊz] or [,prisə'poz]
Definition
(verb.) require as a necessary antecedent or precondition; 'This step presupposes two prior ones'.
(verb.) take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand; 'I presuppose that you have done your work'.
Editor: Ronda--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To suppose beforehand; to imply as antecedent; to take for granted; to assume; as, creation presupposes a creator.
Typed by Adele
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Imply, assume, suppose, take for granted.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Presume, assume, postulate, surmise
ANT:Prove, establish, infer, deduce, argue, demonstrate
Editor: Stephen
Definition
v.t. to suppose before actual knowledge: to assume or take for granted.—n. Presupposi′tion.
Typist: Nora
Examples
- At any rate you can tell that a song or ode has three parts--the words, the melody, and the rhythm; that degree of knowledge I may presuppose? Plato. The Republic.
- My existence presupposes the existence of the whole universe--does it _not? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Eugene is also in attendance, with a pervading air upon him of having presupposed the ceremony to be a funeral, and of being disappointed. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- That social organization is presupposed in the adequate exercise of individual capacity is not to be doubted. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
Typist: Marion