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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

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