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Word: Presuppose
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Old French presupposer, suggested by medieval Latin praesupponere, from prae ‘before’ + supponere ‘place under’ (see suppose)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌpriːsəˈpəʊz
Dialects: British English
Definition:
require as a precondition of possibility or coherence
Short Definition:require as precondition of possibility or coherence
Examples:- their original prediction presupposed a universe only three billion years old
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