Explore Presupposed through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Presupposed meaning
simple past and past participle of presuppose
Using Presupposed
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of presuppose
- In the example corpus, presupposed often appears in combinations such as: presupposed by.
Context around Presupposed
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 2 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Presupposed
- In this selection, "presupposed" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, assimilation, short, axioms, love, secularization and concepts stand out and add context to how "presupposed" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include assimilation presupposed the inherent and assumed or presupposed in order. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "presupposed" sits close to words such as aanholt, aardwolf and abati, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with presupposed
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Self is not presupposed as a stuff out of which the world arises. (13 words)
Kant's analytical judgments of propositions depend on presupposed concepts which are the same for all people. (17 words)
When it is said, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” this contains what is presupposed, that every person loves himself. (21 words)
If anyone has ever spoken to you in such a way or treated in in such a way that you really felt built up, this was because you very vividly perceived how he presupposed love to be in you. (39 words)
But as Kierkegaard argues, the proper logical flow of argument is that existence is already assumed or presupposed in order for thinking to occur, not that existence is concluded from that thinking. (32 words)
Thus, these facts are presupposed by the question, and in this case an entrapment, because it narrows the respondent to a single answer, and the fallacy of many questions has been committed. (32 words)
Example sentences (10)
Assimilation presupposed the inherent superiority of French culture over all others, so that in practice the assimilation policy in the colonies meant extension of the French language, institutions, laws, and customs.
But as Kierkegaard argues, the proper logical flow of argument is that existence is already assumed or presupposed in order for thinking to occur, not that existence is concluded from that thinking.
If anyone has ever spoken to you in such a way or treated in in such a way that you really felt built up, this was because you very vividly perceived how he presupposed love to be in you.
In short, presupposed secularization as a decline in religiosity might seem to be a myth, depending on its definition and the definition of its scope.
Kant's analytical judgments of propositions depend on presupposed concepts which are the same for all people.
Only the Western text of Luke 3:22 presents the heavenly voice in the form that must be presupposed for Justin's source.
Self is not presupposed as a stuff out of which the world arises.
Three axioms presupposed by the scientific method are realism (the existence of objective reality), the existence of natural laws, and the constancy of natural law.
Thus, these facts are presupposed by the question, and in this case an entrapment, because it narrows the respondent to a single answer, and the fallacy of many questions has been committed.
When it is said, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” this contains what is presupposed, that every person loves himself.
Common combinations with presupposed
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- presupposed by 2×