Meaning of SUPPOSITION
| Pronunciation: | | `supu'zishun
|
 WordNet Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | |
- [n] the cognitive process of supposing
- [n] a hypothesis that is taken for granted; "any society is built upon certain assumptions"
- [n] a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
|
| |
| | Sponsored Links: | |
|
| |
| | Synonyms: | | assumption, conjecture, guess, hypothesis, speculation, supposal, surmisal, surmise |
| |
| | See Also: | | base, basic assumption, basis, conclusion, conjecture, constatation, cornerstone, foundation, fundament, given, groundwork, hypothesis, opinion, possibility, precondition, presumption, presupposition, self-evident truth, theory, view | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | \Sup`po*si"tion\, n. [F. supposition, L. suppositio
a placing under, a substitution, fr. supponere, suppositium,
to put under, to substitute. The word has the meaning
corresponding to suppose. See {Sub-}, and {Position}.]
1. The act of supposing, laying down, imagining, or
considering as true or existing, what is known not to be
true, or what is not proved.
2. That which is supposed; hypothesis; conjecture; surmise;
opinion or belief without sufficient evidence.
This is only an infallibility upon supposition that
if a thing be true, it is imposible to be false.
--Tillotson.
He means are in supposition. --Shak.
|
| |
|
|