Presuppose
verb
To expect or assume that something is true or will happen, before it has been confirmed.
The plan presupposes that we will get the funding we need.
Often appears as...
- presuppose something will happen
- presuppose that
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To require or demand something as a basis for something else.
Your argument presupposes that the two events are linked, but there's no evidence of that.
Often appears as...
- presuppose a link
- presuppose a relationship
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
verb
To estimate or predict something based on known factors.
The scientists presupposed the impact of climate change on wildlife.
Often appears as...
- presuppose an impact
- presuppose a result
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
verb
To expect or assume that something is true or will happen, before it has been confirmed.
The plan presupposes that we will get the funding we need.
Often appears as...
- presuppose something will happen
- presuppose that
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To require or demand something as a basis for something else.
Your argument presupposes that the two events are linked, but there's no evidence of that.
Often appears as...
- presuppose a link
- presuppose a relationship
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
verb
To estimate or predict something based on known factors.
The scientists presupposed the impact of climate change on wildlife.
Often appears as...
- presuppose an impact
- presuppose a result
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Pre-Confirmation
Use 'presuppose' when you believe something before it's confirmed; it shows a level of certainty.
He presupposes he'll ace the test, without seeing the results.
Pro Tip 2/3Unverified Expectation
'Presuppose' implies an expectation not yet proven; it can reflect optimism or bias.
She presupposes the weather will stay fine for the picnic.
Pro Tip 3/3Precondition Thought
In planning, 'presuppose' shows assumptions made beforehand that guide actions.
Our strategy presupposes a favorable market environment.
Pro Tip 1/3Pre-Confirmation
Use 'presuppose' when you believe something before it's confirmed; it shows a level of certainty.
He presupposes he'll ace the test, without seeing the results.
Pro Tip 2/3Unverified Expectation
'Presuppose' implies an expectation not yet proven; it can reflect optimism or bias.
She presupposes the weather will stay fine for the picnic.
Pro Tip 3/3Precondition Thought
In planning, 'presuppose' shows assumptions made beforehand that guide actions.
Our strategy presupposes a favorable market environment.
Pro Tip 1/3Pre-Confirmation
Use 'presuppose' when you believe something before it's confirmed; it shows a level of certainty.
He presupposes he'll ace the test, without seeing the results.
Pro Tip 2/3Unverified Expectation
'Presuppose' implies an expectation not yet proven; it can reflect optimism or bias.
She presupposes the weather will stay fine for the picnic.
Pro Tip 3/3Precondition Thought
In planning, 'presuppose' shows assumptions made beforehand that guide actions.
Our strategy presupposes a favorable market environment.
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Video examples
Richard Ledgett: The NSA...
that there's always room for that kind of discussion. So I'm not presupposing any outcome, but there is always room for discussion. To a lay person it seems like he has certain things to offer the U.S., the government, you, others, in terms of putting things right and helping figure out a smarter policy,
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Follow a Transgender...
again problematic because it presupposes an end point like at some point you have transitioned whereas every single one of us is in constant development this is obviously a huge huge moment in NME's life but it's not the by any means the endpoint is just in some ways the
Video examples
Richard Ledgett: The NSA...
that there's always room for that kind of discussion. So I'm not presupposing any outcome, but there is always room for discussion. To a lay person it seems like he has certain things to offer the U.S., the government, you, others, in terms of putting things right and helping figure out a smarter policy,
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Follow a Transgender...
again problematic because it presupposes an end point like at some point you have transitioned whereas every single one of us is in constant development this is obviously a huge huge moment in NME's life but it's not the by any means the endpoint is just in some ways the
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Quote examples
Ryan Reynolds
Canadian Actor
There's a very real possibility in this industry of going out and leading your life and then going home and being a voyeur of your own life. You can literally go watch yourself - where you went last night, what you did, what the things that people presuppose about you. It's kind of crazy.
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Louis Aragon
French Poet
Light is meaningful only in relation to darkness, and truth presupposes error. It is these mingled opposites which people our life, which make it pungent, intoxicating. We only exist in terms of this conflict, in the zone where black and white clash.
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Niccolo Machiavelli
Italian Writer
It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it to presuppose that all men are evil and that they are always going to act according to the wickedness of their spirits whenever they have free scope.
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Vincent Bugliosi
American Author
Atheism is really nothing but a sorry litany of non-sequiturs, e.g., if God existed, why do we have all the evil and horrors in the world? But this presupposes that God is all-good, an obvious non-sequitur.
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Roger Spottiswoode
Canadian Director
The script is very good because the things that happen in it are very believable to me. It doesn't presuppose that the world has changed very much. You don't have to think that you're in a different world.
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Michael J. Fox
Canadian Actor
I don't have a set of tenets, but I live an ethical life. I practice a humility that presupposes there's a power greater than myself. And I always believe, don't inflict harm where it's not necessary.
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Charles Francis Richter
American Scientist
What emerged, of course, was that the magnitude scale presupposed that all earthquakes were alike except for a constant scaling factor. And this proved to be closer to the truth than we expected.
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Bill Kristol
American Politician
Republican government presupposes decent and admirable qualities among its citizens - so we should be serious about strengthening character and inculcating virtue.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another.
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Ludwig von Mises
Austrian Economist
The attainment of the economic aims of man presupposes peace.
Quote examples
Ryan Reynolds
Canadian Actor
There's a very real possibility in this industry of going out and leading your life and then going home and being a voyeur of your own life. You can literally go watch yourself - where you went last night, what you did, what the things that people presuppose about you. It's kind of crazy.
Quote examples
Louis Aragon
French Poet
Light is meaningful only in relation to darkness, and truth presupposes error. It is these mingled opposites which people our life, which make it pungent, intoxicating. We only exist in terms of this conflict, in the zone where black and white clash.
Quote examples
Niccolo Machiavelli
Italian Writer
It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it to presuppose that all men are evil and that they are always going to act according to the wickedness of their spirits whenever they have free scope.
Quote examples
Vincent Bugliosi
American Author
Atheism is really nothing but a sorry litany of non-sequiturs, e.g., if God existed, why do we have all the evil and horrors in the world? But this presupposes that God is all-good, an obvious non-sequitur.
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Roger Spottiswoode
Canadian Director
The script is very good because the things that happen in it are very believable to me. It doesn't presuppose that the world has changed very much. You don't have to think that you're in a different world.
Quote examples
Michael J. Fox
Canadian Actor
I don't have a set of tenets, but I live an ethical life. I practice a humility that presupposes there's a power greater than myself. And I always believe, don't inflict harm where it's not necessary.
Quote examples
Charles Francis Richter
American Scientist
What emerged, of course, was that the magnitude scale presupposed that all earthquakes were alike except for a constant scaling factor. And this proved to be closer to the truth than we expected.
Quote examples
Bill Kristol
American Politician
Republican government presupposes decent and admirable qualities among its citizens - so we should be serious about strengthening character and inculcating virtue.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another.
Quote examples
Ludwig von Mises
Austrian Economist
The attainment of the economic aims of man presupposes peace.
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