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Presupposes
[pree-suh-pohz] 
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presuppose
[pree-suh-pohz]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | presume |
| Synonyms: | assume, believe, suppose, surmise |
| Main Entry: | assume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | believe, take for granted |
| Synonyms: | accept, ascertain, be afraid, be inclined to think, conclude, conjecture, consider, count upon, deduce, deem, divine, estimate, expect, fall for, fancy, find, gather, get the idea, guess, have a hunch, have sneaking suspicion, hypothesize, imagine, infer, judge, posit, postulate, predicate, presume, presuppose, speculate, suppose, surmise, suspect, theorize, think, understand |
| Notes: | assume means 'suppose to be the case, without proof; take for granted'; presume means 'suppose that something is the case on the basis of probability; take for granted that something exists or is the case' |
| Antonyms: | doubt, not believe |
| Main Entry: | believe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trust, rely on |
| Synonyms: | accept, accredit, admit, affirm, attach weight to, be certain of, be convinced of, be credulous, be of the opinion, buy*, conceive, conclude, consider, count on, credit, deem, fall for, give credence to, have, have faith in, have no doubt, hold, keep the faith, lap up, place confidence in, posit, postulate, presume true, presuppose, reckon on, regard, rest assured, suppose, swallow*, swear by, take as gospel, take at one's word, take for granted, take it, think, trust, understand |
| Antonyms: | disbelieve, distrust |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deduce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | figure out, understand |
| Synonyms: | add up, analyze, assume, be afraid, boil down, cogitate, collect, conceive, conclude, consider, deduct, deem, derive, draw, fancy, figure, gather, glean, have a hunch, imagine, infer, judge, make, make out, presume, presuppose, ratiocinate, read into, reason, regard, surmise, take to mean |
| Main Entry: | expect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | believe strongly; anticipate |
| Synonyms: | apprehend, assume, await, bargain for, bargain on, be afraid, calculate, conjecture, contemplate, count on, divine, envisage, feel, figure, forecast, foreknow, foresee, gather, hope, hope for, imagine, in the cards, look, look ahead to, look for, look forward to, predict, presume, presuppose, reckon, see coming, sense, suppose, surmise, suspect, take, think, trust, understand, wait for, watch for |
| Main Entry: | imply |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | indicate, mean |
| Synonyms: | betoken, connote, denote, designate, entail, evidence, give a hint, hint, import, include, insinuate, intend, intimate, involve, mention, point to, presuppose, refer, signify, suggest |
| Antonyms: | define, explicate, express, state |
| Main Entry: | infer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conclude |
| Synonyms: | arrive at, ascertain, assume, believe, collect, conjecture, construe, deduce, derive, draw, draw inference, figure, figure out, gather, glean, guess, induce, interpret, intuit, judge, presume, presuppose, reach conclusion, read between lines, read into, reason, reckon, speculate, suppose, surmise, think, understand |
| Antonyms: | misconceive, misunderstand |
| Main Entry: | involve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | draw in; include |
| Synonyms: | absorb, affect, argue, associate, bind, catch, commit, complicate, comprehend, comprise, compromise, concern, connect, contain, cover, denote, embrace, embroil, engage, engross, enmesh, entail, entangle, grip, hold, hook, implicate, imply, incorporate, incriminate, inculpate, link, mean, mire, mix up, necessitate, number, point to, preoccupy, presuppose, prove, relate, require, rivet, rope in, snarl up, suggest, take in, tangle, touch, wrap up in |
| Antonyms: | exclude, free, remove |
| Main Entry: | misjudge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get the wrong idea |
| Synonyms: | bark up wrong tree, be misled, be overcritical, be partial, be unfair, be wrong, come to hasty conclusion, dogmatize, drop the ball, err, misapprehend, miscalculate, miscomprehend, misconceive, misconjecture, misconstrue, misdeem, misreckon, miss by a mile, mistake, misthink, misunderstand, overestimate, overrate, prejudge, presume, presuppose, put foot in, stumble, suppose, underestimate, underrate |
| Antonyms: | figure, judge well, understand |
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