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   supposition

   /ˌsʌpəˈzɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. a belief held without proof or certain knowledge; an assumption or hypothesis: "they were working on the supposition that his death was murder"

   Word Origin late Middle English (as a term in scholastic logic): from Old French, or from late Latin suppositio(n-) (translating Greek hupothesis ‘hypothesis’), from the verb supponere (see suppose).

   Derivatives

   • 1. suppositional adjective

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