suppose

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Oh, I suppose Github is held to a higher standard than the rest of the dependent apps.

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Quick take

express a supposition; "Let us say that he did not tell the truth"; "Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of suppose gathered in one view.

verb

express a supposition; "Let us say that he did not tell the truth"; "Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?"

verb

expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"

verb

to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for suppose.

verb

express a supposition; "Let us say that he did not tell the truth"; "Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?"

verb

See also: think, opine, imagine, reckon, guess

verb

to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"

verb

take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand; "I presuppose that you have done your work"

verb

require as a necessary antecedent or precondition; "This step presupposes two prior ones"

Example sentences

Oh, I suppose Github is held to a higher standard than the rest of the dependent apps.

I suppose I should dry them out and deposit them, along with the $100,000 I just found fallen between then cushions of my couch.

Then later someone pointed out to me that it was appearing in various signature lines which I suppose led to its being spread.

I suppose it's a Cato blog post, but I was hoping for a more interesting discussion than just a random call for private education, with a market-will-solve it assertion.

I suppose it boils down to this "By sending an email that repels all but the most gullible the scammer gets the most promising marks to self-select, and tilts the true to false positive ratio in his favor.

It would also not surprise me to learn that he's a pedantic basement-dweller, but I don't think, given what we've learned, it's conspiratorial or paranoid to suppose that this is governmental control.

So that phrase, that's something you would only say under extreme distress when you had maximal desire to offend me, or I suppose you could use it jokingly between friends, but neither you nor I generally talk that way.

" Which guy am I going to end up being friends with?So I suppose my conclusion, at least for me personally, is that it's usually not enough to find people I have something in common with, but something in common that we're both committed to.