suppose

verb

1. 1

   To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe.

   “Suppose that A implies B and B implies C. Then A implies C.”

2. 2

   To theorize or hypothesize.

   “I suppose we all agree that this is the best solution.”

3. 3

   To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.

4. 4

   To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature.

   “Purpose supposes foresight.”

5. 5

   To put by fraud in the place of another.