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s'pose

/spəʊ̯z/US/spoʊ̯z/

s'pose is the pronunciation spelling of suppose.

Meaning of suppose

Verb

suppose (third-person singular simple present supposes, present participle supposing, simple past and past participle supposed)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe.
    • I suppose we all agree that this is the best solution.
    Synonyms:
    assume
  2. (transitive) To theorize or hypothesize.
    • Suppose that A implies B and B implies C. Then A implies C.
    Synonyms:
    assume
  3. (transitive) To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.
    • How easy is a bush supposed a bear!c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First...
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To reckon to be, to account or esteem as.
    • [He] keeps you from the honors of a Queene,
      Being ſuppoſde his worthleſſe Concubine.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
  5. (transitive) To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature.
    • Purpose supposes foresight.
  6. (obsolete, transitive) To put by fraud in the place of another; to substitute fraudulently.
    • A Water-monster, called the Nickard, does enter by night the chamber, where a woman is brought to bed, and stealeth when they are all sleeping, the new-born child and supposeth another in its place, which child growing up is like a monster and commonly dumb.1687, John Aubrey, Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, page 30

Forms of s'pose

third-person singular presents'poses
present participles'posing
past participles'posed
pasts'posed
alternative formspose

Words that rhyme with s'pose

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Questions about s'pose

What is s'pose the pronunciation spelling of?
S'pose is the pronunciation spelling of suppose.
How do you pronounce s'pose?
S'pose is pronounced /spəʊ̯z/ (UK).

Words near s'pose in the dictionary

  1. s'not
  2. s'ok
  3. S'pore
  4. S'porean
  5. S'poreans
  6. s'pose
  7. s'posed
  8. s'posedta
  9. s'poses
  10. s'posing
  11. s'prise

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