Suppose vs. Assume

Suppose and Assume Definitions
Suppose
To assume to be true or real for the sake of argument or explanation
Suppose we win the lottery.
Assume
To take for granted; suppose
The study assumes that prices will rise.
Suppose
To believe, especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps.
Assume
To take upon oneself (a duty or obligation)
Assume responsibility.
Assume another's debts.
Suppose
To consider to be probable or likely
I suppose it will rain.
Assume
To undertake the duties of (an office)
Assumed the presidency.
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Suppose
To imply as an antecedent condition; presuppose
"Patience must suppose pain" (Samuel Johnson).
Assume
To take on (an appearance, role, or form, for example); adopt
"The god assumes a human form" (John Ruskin).
Suppose
To consider as a suggestion
Suppose we dine together.
Assume
To pretend to have; feign
Assume an air of authority.
Suppose
To imagine; conjecture.
Assume
To take over without justification; seize
Assume control.
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Suppose
(transitive) To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe.
I suppose we all agree that this is the best solution.
Assume
To clothe oneself in; don
The queen assumed a velvet robe.
Suppose
(transitive) To theorize or hypothesize.
Suppose that A implies B and B implies C. Then A implies C.
Assume
To take up or receive into heaven.
Suppose
(transitive) To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.
Assume
To make a supposition; suppose or believe
"Is Kay's husband coming to dinner too?" "I assume so.".
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Suppose
To reckon to be, to account or esteem as.
Assume
To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof
We assume that, as her parents were dentists, she knows quite a bit about dentistry.
Suppose
(transitive) To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature.
Purpose supposes foresight.
Assume
To take on a position, duty or form
Mr. Jones will assume the position of a lifeguard until a proper replacement is found.
Suppose
(transitive) To put by fraud in the place of another.
Assume
To adopt a feigned quality or manner; to claim without right; to arrogate
He assumed an air of indifference
Suppose
To represent to one's self, or state to another, not as true or real, but as if so, and with a view to some consequence or application which the reality would involve or admit of; to imagine or admit to exist, for the sake of argument or illustration; to assume to be true; as, let us suppose the earth to be the center of the system, what would be the result?
Suppose they take offence without a cause.
When we have as great assurance that a thing is, as we could possibly, supposing it were, we ought not to make any doubt of its existence.
Assume
To receive, adopt (a person)
Suppose
To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.
How easy is a bush supposed a bear!
Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men, the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead.
Assume
To adopt (an idea or cause)
Suppose
To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature; as, purpose supposes foresight.
One falsehood always supposes another, and renders all you can say suspected.
Assume
To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly.
Trembling they stand while Jove assumes the throne.
The god assumed his native form again.
Suppose
To put by fraud in the place of another.
Assume
To take for granted, or without proof; to suppose as a fact; to suppose or take arbitrarily or tentatively.
The consequences of assumed principles.
Suppose
To make supposition; to think; to be of opinion.
Assume
To pretend to possess; to take in appearance.
Ambition assuming the mask of religion.
Assume a virtue, if you have it not.
Suppose
Supposition.
Assume
To receive or adopt.
The sixth was a young knight of lesser renown and lower rank, assumed into that honorable company.
Suppose
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?
Assume
To be arrogant or pretentious; to claim more than is due.
Suppose
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
Assume
To undertake, as by a promise.
Suppose
To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds;
Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps
Assume
Take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof;
I assume his train was late
Suppose
Take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand;
I presuppose that you have done your work
Assume
Take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities;
When will the new President assume office?
Suppose
Require as a necessary antecedent or precondition;
This step presupposes two prior ones
Assume
Take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect;
His voice took on a sad tone
The story took a new turn
He adopted an air of superiority
She assumed strange manners
The gods assume human or animal form in these fables
Assume
Take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person;
I'll accept the charges
She agreed to bear the responsibility
Assume
Occupy or take on;
He assumes the lotus position
She took her seat on the stage
We took our seats in the orchestra
She took up her position behind the tree
Strike a pose
Assume
Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession;
He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town
He usurped my rights
She seized control of the throne after her husband died
Assume
Make a pretence of;
She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger
He feigned sleep
Assume
Christianity, obsolete; take up someone's soul into heaven;
This is the day when May was assumed into heaven
Assume
Put clothing on one's body;
What should I wear today?
He put on his best suit for the wedding
The princess donned a long blue dress
The queen assumed the stately robes
He got into his jeans