supposes
Saysuh-POHZ-izUS/səˈpoʊzɪz/UK/səˈpəʊzɪz/
- 1Third-person singular present of suppose.
The detective supposes the lock was picked from the inside.
He supposes, rather than knows, that the meeting starts at noon.
Note
Its subject decides which kind of supposing is meant. With a person, it reports a belief or a working guess: she supposes it will rain. With an idea, plan or theory, it means 'requires to be true': a plan that supposes good weather, a design that supposes a designer. Two older uses, reckoning someone as something and substituting one thing fraudulently for another, are obsolete.
supposes is a form of suppose
suppose, verb: To believe, as your own guess, that a fact or situation is probably so, though you are not sure of it. Full entry
- Spelling
- suppose → supposes: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪz/, an extra syllable.
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