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PRESUPPOSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does presuppose mean?
• PRESUPPOSE (verb)
The verb PRESUPPOSE has 2 senses:
1. take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand
2. require as a necessary antecedent or precondition
Familiarity information: PRESUPPOSE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Past simple: presupposed
Past participle: presupposed
-ing form: presupposing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
presuppose; suppose
Context example:
I presuppose that you have done your work
Hypernyms (to "presuppose" is one way to...):
assume; presume; take for granted (take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "presuppose"):
posit; postulate (take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom)
premise; premiss (take something as preexisting and given)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Derivation:
presupposition (the act of presupposing; a supposition made prior to having knowledge (as for the purpose of argument))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Require as a necessary antecedent or precondition
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
presuppose; suppose
Context example:
This step presupposes two prior ones
Hypernyms (to "presuppose" is one way to...):
imply (suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic)
Domain category:
logic (the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
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