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Supposition

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Supposition meaning

Something that is supposed; an assumption made to account for known facts, conjecture. | The act or an instance of supposing.

Example sentences (20)

However, this is all supposition and, despite possible Black ancestry through her Portuguese inheritance, it will probably never be known for sure.

Even with the supposition that the Fifth Circuit has turned highly conservative since Trump appointed the six judges, most of the conservative justices still voted to overturn a high number of Fifth Circuit decisions.

This evidence would not be inconsistent with the supposition that an unmanned aircraft had fallen in the sea, and remained afloat for some hours.

What incurred the ire of the authorities was Mihigo’s supposition that all deaths, including those not given the prestige to be remembered in the commemoration of the genocide against the Tutsi, are important.

Asked on whether he will consider walking away from the party if he lose in the forthcoming elective congress, the veteran politician knocked down the supposition pledging to support the winner and remaining faithful to the party.

The supposition is this.

What an interesting supposition from a deluded mind, for lack of a better word.

What I’m talking about has nothing to do with the supposition that there are some men who are good lovers, there really aren’t,” she writes.

The likelier supposition, in both cases, was that the people rather than the courts should be allowed to decide.

Anthony Payne's elaboration of the sketches for Elgar's Third Symphony led to a reconsideration of this supposition.

A scrotal sac is not visible in this or any other of the photos or film taken, leading to the supposition that "Benjamin" was a female.

Contrastingly, Rousseau's conception relies on the supposition that "civil man" is corrupted, while "natural man" has no want he cannot fulfill himself.

Despite the unlikeliness of this supposition, the V Corps division of Brig. Gen. Andrew A. Humphreys was ordered to attack and capitalize on the situation.

From this supposition, however, he finally establishes the possibility of acquiring knowledge about the world based on deduction and perception.

Hence the heavier body moves with less speed than the lighter; an effect which is contrary to your supposition.

However, this date is only supposition.

In his works Plato makes extensive use of the Socratic method in order to discuss contrary positions within the context of a supposition.

One common supposition is that 1 Peter was written during the reign of Domitian (AD 81–96).

Popper and David Hume agreed that there is often a psychological belief that the sun will rise tomorrow, but both denied that there is logical justification for the supposition that it will, simply because it always has in the past.

Since our supposition led to a contradiction, there must not be any such function, f. The nonexistence of a set containing itself can be seen as a special case where the sequence is infinite and constant.