suppose; assume; hypothesize; fiction
Meanings
3 senses · 10 examplesverb
to suppose; to assume; to presume
Used when making a tentative assumption for the sake of argument, calculation, or discussion.
Assuming each book costs fifty dollars, how much would ten books cost?
Let's assume this plan succeeds—what should we do next?
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Assuming the weather is bad tomorrow, we will cancel the picnic.
verb
to fabricate; to make up; to fictionalize
Refers to inventing stories, plots, or scenarios that are not based on real events.
The plot of this story is completely fictional and did not actually happen.
The film imagines a future dystopian world.
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The author posits a society without the internet to explore human relationships.
noun
hypothesis; assumption; postulate
formalA tentative explanation for an observation, phenomenon, or scientific problem that can be tested by further investigation.
Scientists put forward a bold hypothesis to explain this phenomenon.
This hypothesis has been confirmed by a large amount of experimental data.
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We need to design experiments to test whether this hypothesis holds true.
Based on this hypothesis, we can derive three important conclusions.