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adjective

Definition of presupposednext
as in presumed

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presupposed

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verb

past tense of presuppose
as in assumed
to take as true or as a fact without actual proof the book presupposes its readers will already know something about the subject

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for presupposed
  1. assumed
  2. alleged
  3. believed
  4. supposed
  5. hypothetical
  6. unproved
  7. unproven
  8. speculative
Verb
  • Ariel Henry, the deeply unpopular prime minister at the time, assumed the role of president and failed to hold elections.
    Jay Blackman, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • And at least one of the people locked in the embrace — long assumed to be sisters or a mother and daughter — was a man.
    Hannah Peart, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
Definition of assumed
Adjective
  • Related article House passes International Criminal Court sanctions bill after prosecutor seeks Netanyahu warrant The warrants mark a historic first, making Netanyahu the first Israeli leader summoned by an international court for alleged actions against Palestinians in the 76-year conflict.
    Abbas Al Lawati, CNN, 22 Nov. 2024
  • According to the Associated Press, the Monterey Police Department released the report—which summarizes police interviews of the alleged victim, Hegseth, a hospital nurse and a few other people—in response to a public records request.
    Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of alleged
Verb
  • Borgwardt also is also alleged to have taken photos of his passport, moved funds to a foreign bank and changed his email address, and he was believed to have been communicating with a woman from Uzbekistan, Podoll said.
    Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
  • Of those, about 100 remain in captivity, with a third believed to be dead.
    Keir Simmons, NBC News, 9 Nov. 2024
Definition of believed
Adjective
  • An official interpreter leans down to listen to Uni’s supposed prediction, and delivers the prediction in Pennsylvania Dutch.
    Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 7 Nov. 2024
  • In fact, in this place of supposed healing, Wojnicz begins to notice a certain strange dissipation, as if no one were actually getting better at all.
    Robert Rubsam, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2024
Definition of supposed
Adjective
  • In a hypothetical redo of the 2020 presidential election with the new electoral voting map, Biden would have still won, but his margin would have been smaller.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • From these observations, researchers calculated the position of a hypothetical planet, then pointed their best telescopes there.
    Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of hypothetical
Adjective
  • During the 2020 wildfires in Oregon, for example, armed men hampered firefighting, fueled by unproved rumors that antifa had set the fires.
    Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Although unproved, accusations that many prominent politicians continue to patronize Boko Haram have also likely caused irreparable damage to the Bornoan elite’s legitimacy.
    Jason Warner, Foreign Affairs, 1 Apr. 2015
Definition of unproved
Adjective
  • The business is equally unproven for Kiswe, which was founded in 2013.
    Matt Craig, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Given his support for dubious and unproven therapies, such as stem cells and hyperbaric oxygen, an FDA under Kennedy, for instance, could choose to not go after companies that market unapproved treatments.
    Emily Mullin, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of unproven
Adjective
  • Temporary help service firms and consulting firms are not required to disclose pay and benefits for speculative future openings but must provide this information for specific job openings during interviews or at the time of hire.
    Alonzo Martinez, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Successful gold mining today bears little resemblance to the storied era of America’s first gold boom: rough-and-tumble 19th-century boomtowns cropping up overnight to accommodate speculative prospectors, chasing gold veins and rumors.
    Greg McKenna, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of speculative
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