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say it: suh-POHZ
suppose is a verb meaning "express a supposition". It is pronounced /səˈpoʊz/ — suh-POHZ. It carries 5 recorded senses.
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”
to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
“Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps”
take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand
“I presuppose that you have done your work”
require as a necessary antecedent or precondition
“This step presupposes two prior ones”
logic
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for suppose come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.