French Conversation · Level 53
75 words
French word
supposer
Pronunciation
IPA/sypoze/
Meaning
- verbsuppose
Example
Je suppose qu'il viendra demain.
I suppose he will come tomorrow.
More examples
On suppose que la réunion commencera à dix heures.
People suppose that the meeting will start at ten o'clock.
Core concept
An unproven possibility placed beneath a line of reasoning and used as its temporary basis.
Common phrases
je suppose que
I suppose that ___
supposer que
suppose that ___
on suppose que
people suppose that ___
Similar words
croire: To believe something is true even without proof.
deviner: To guess an answer from clues or intuition.
penser: To think about something in the mind.
imaginer: To picture something that is not real.
Definition in French
Présumer qu'une chose est probable sans preuve complète et agir ou parler en partant de cette hypothèse pour raisonner.
Word origin
French supposer comes from Latin supponere, meaning 'put under', whose figurative sense developed into taking something as a basis without complete proof.
Usage tips
- In affirmative clauses, supposer que normally takes the indicative: Je suppose qu'il viendra demain.
Other meanings
- assumeverb
- imagineverb
Related words
- suppositionsuppositionnoun
- supposésupposedadjective
- supposémentsupposedlyadverb