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supposition

the cognitive process of supposing (= assumption) a hypothesis that is taken for granted any society is built upon certain assumptions (= guess) a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

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Topics supposition topics

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Simple sentences

It is founded on supposition.
This supposition, that the Earth is immobile, was completely untrue.
That's a supposition, not a fact.

Movie subtitles

Well, what's it? A guess or a supposition?
We've got to work on the supposition the doctor's right.
A logical supposition.
Well, then. perhaps my own supposition will be an absurd one. but think of the ships that arrive here from Japan?
I wouldn't exclude it, though it seems to me a somewhat unwarranted supposition.
Then I think it's pure supposition that they've been caught by Mire Beasts.
I can't act on mere supposition.
That's a supposition, not a fact.
No supposition about it.
But that's only a supposition.
Don't get angry. It's just a supposition. Try to see sense.
Why don't you make another supposition?
This is pure supposition, Poirot.
The Reichsfuhrer doesn't deal in supposition, he wants results.
The mere supposition seems fantastic.
But one supposition.
Another supposition.
However, the interpretation of this fact as being final proof of the existence of the supernatural is merely supposition and therefore cannot be accepted without further data.
Monsieur Durnais, your supposition is not a question.
It isn't a supposition either.
No supposition about it. It is a fact. You saw for yourself.
It is not a supposition.
What are you going to do with this absurd supposition?
Who's making that supposition?
But, Revered Father, at a time when eminent minds discuss such topics with great care, I can't believe that you'd draw a conclusion based on a substance whose existence is a mere supposition!
I am against such supposition.
This is pure supposition, Poirot. I've never heard such twaddle.
But I can't believe in your supposition, either.
She has a theory based on a little empirical knowledge and a lot of supposition.
Supposition again.
Their supposition that the. My client. had any legally significant conversation with Mr. Clifford. is based on purely circumstantial evidence.
I'd like to believe you, but your supposition. doesn't explain that evidence.
All we have here is supposition.

News and current affairs

The supposition that China cannot become a threat in the near future, or in the next twenty years, is simplistic, because it ignores basic aspects of China's political system.
Unfortunately, this supposition is not supported by serious philosophical analysis or sociological observation.
Given this supposition, a single name (Homo sapiens) is used for both modern humans and the preferred ancestor, Cro-Magnon.
MOSCOW - The Western approach to Russia is predicated on the supposition that continued pressure on the country will cause President Vladimir Putin's regime to make concessions or even crumble.

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