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presuppose
v.
assume beforehand, conjecture in advance, presume beforehand
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Presupposition
In the branch of linguistics known as pragmatics, a presupposition (or ps) is an implicit assumption about the world or background belief relating to an utterance whose truth is taken for granted in discourse. Examples of presuppositions include:
- Jane no longer writes fiction.
- Presupposition: Jane once wrote fiction.
- Have you stopped eating meat?
- Presupposition: you had once eaten meat.
- Have you talked to Hans?
- Presupposition: Hans exists.
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presuppose
Verb
1. take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand; "I presuppose that you have done your work"
(synonym) suppose
(hypernym) assume, presume, take for granted
(hyponym) postulate, posit
(derivation) presupposition
2. require as a necessary antecedent or precondition; "This step presupposes two prior ones"
(synonym) suppose
(hypernym) imply
(classification) logic
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présupposer
v.
presuppose
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presupporre
v.
presuppose, suppose, assume, premise
