supposition

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• /ˌsʌpəˈzɪʃən/
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From Middle English supposicioun, from Anglo-Norman supposicion, from Latin suppositiō, suppositiōnem (“supposition”), from sub- (“under”) + positiō, positiōnem (“position; theme”), from positus (“position”), from the perfect passive participle of pōnō, pōnere (“put, place”).

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: اِفْتِرَاض (iftirāḍ) — assumption
• Arabic: فَرْضِيَّة (farḍiyya) — assumption
• Azerbaijani: fərziyyə — assumption
• Azerbaijani: təxmin — assumption
• Azerbaijani: güman — assumption
• Azerbaijani: zənn — assumption
• Azerbaijani: ehtimal — assumption
• Azerbaijani: fərz — assumption
• Belarusian: прыпушчэ́нне (prypuščénnje) — assumption
• Bulgarian: предположе́ние (predpoložénie) — assumption
• Catalan: suposició — assumption
• Chinese Mandarin: 假定 (jiǎdìng) — assumption
• Chinese Mandarin: 設想 /设想 (shèxiǎng) — assumption
• Czech: předpoklad — assumption
• Dutch: veronderstelling — assumption
• Esperanto: supozo — assumption
• Finnish: oletus — assumption
• French: hypothèse — assumption
• French: supposition — assumption
• French: conjecture — assumption
• German: Annahme — assumption
• German: Supposition — assumption
• Greek: υπόθεση (ypóthesi) — assumption
• Ancient Greek: ὑπόληψις (hupólēpsis) — assumption
• Hungarian: feltevés — assumption
• Irish: glacan — assumption
• Irish: dóigh — assumption
• Italian: supposizione — assumption
• Italian: presupposto — assumption
• Japanese: 想像 (sōzō) — assumption
• Japanese: 推測 (suisoku) — assumption
• Korean: 상상 (sangsang) — assumption
• Korean: 추측 (chucheuk) — assumption
• Māori: pūmāramarama — assumption
• Polish: założenie — assumption
• Portuguese: suposição — assumption
• Romanian: supoziție — assumption
• Romanian: presupunere — assumption
• Russian: предположе́ние (predpoložénije) — assumption
• Slovak: predpoklad — assumption
• Spanish: suposición — assumption
• Swedish: supposition — assumption
• Ottoman Turkish: تقدیر (takdir) — assumption
• Ukrainian: припу́щення (prypúščennja) — assumption
• German: Annehmen — the act or an instance of supposing
• Irish: forshuíomh — the act or an instance of supposing
• Irish: toimhde — the act or an instance of supposing
• Romanian: presupunere — the act or an instance of supposing