SUPPOSAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does supposal mean? 

• SUPPOSAL (noun)
  The noun SUPPOSAL has 2 senses:

1. a hypothesis that is taken for granted

2. the cognitive process of supposing

  Familiarity information: SUPPOSAL used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUPPOSAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A hypothesis that is taken for granted

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

assumption; supposal; supposition

Context example:

any society is built upon certain assumptions

Hypernyms ("supposal" is a kind of...):

hypothesis; possibility; theory (a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "supposal"):

conclusion (an intuitive assumption)

base; basis; cornerstone; foundation; fundament; groundwork (the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained)

given; precondition; presumption (an assumption that is taken for granted)

basic assumption; constatation; self-evident truth (an assumption that is basic to an argument)

Derivation:

suppose (express a supposition)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The cognitive process of supposing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

supposal; supposition

Hypernyms ("supposal" is a kind of...):

conjecture (reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "supposal"):

presupposition (the act of presupposing; a supposition made prior to having knowledge (as for the purpose of argument))

Derivation:

suppose (expect, believe, or suppose)

suppose (to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds)