presuppose

[US]/ˌpriːsəˈpəʊz/
[UK]/ˌpriːsəˈpoʊz/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

Vi. to assume beforehand; imply or require as a previous condition.

Phrases & Collocations

presuppose that

Example Sentences

Sound sleep presupposes a mind at ease.

Let us presuppose that he wins the game.

True kindness presupposes sympathy.

A scientist never presupposes the truth of an unproved fact.

the law presupposes a community of interest between an employer and employees.

your argument presupposes that it does not matter who is in power.

It is unrealistic to presuppose a sophisticated knowledge of harmony and counterpoint in a beginning music student.

The evolution of species presupposes a process of natural selection.

and the whole subsequent development of the family presupposes the existence of the consanguine family as a necessary preparatory stage.

According to his critique, the intentional experience presupposes the innateness of thought, and therefore cannot account for how a new way of thinking is borne from learning and experiment.

Bahnung, Breaching, the tracing of a trail, opens up a conducting path. Which presupposes a certain violence and a certain resistance to effraction. The path is broken, cracked, fracta, breached. (200

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