English-Thai Dictionary

suppositional

ADJ เป็นการ คาดคะเน  เป็นการ สมมุติ  เป็นการ คาดเดา  assumed conjectured hypothetical presumptive pen-kan-kad-ka-nea

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SUPPOSITION

n.The act of laying down, imagining or admitting as true or existing, what is known not to be true, or what is not proved. 1. The position of something known not to be true or not proved; hypothesis.
This is only an infallibility upon supposition that if a thing be true, it is impossible to be false.
2. Imagination; belief without full evidence.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SUPPOSITION

Sup `po *si "tion, n. Etym: [F. supposition, L. suppositio a placing under, a substitution, fr. supponere, suppositium, to put under, to substitute. The word has the meaning corresponding to suppose. See Sub-, and Position. ]

 

1. The act of supposing, laying down, imagining, or considering as true or existing, what is known not to be true, or what is not proved.

 

2. That which is supposed; hypothesis; conjecture; surmise; opinion or belief without sufficient evidence. This is only an infallibility upon supposition that if a thing be true, it is imposible to be false. Tillotson.He means are in supposition. Shak.

 

SUPPOSITIONAL

SUPPOSITIONAL Sup `po *si "tion *al, a.

 

Defn: Resting on supposition; hypothetical; conjectural; supposed. South.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

supposition

sup po si tion |ˌsəpəˈziSHən ˌsəpəˈzɪʃən | ▶noun an uncertain belief: they were working on the supposition that his death was murder | their outrage was based on supposition and hearsay. DERIVATIVES sup po si tion al |-SHənl |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English (as a term in scholastic logic ): from Old French, or from late Latin suppositio (n- ) (translating Greek hupothesis ‘hypothesis ’), from the verb supponere (see suppose ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

supposition

sup ¦pos |ition |ˌsʌpəˈzɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun a belief held without proof or certain knowledge; an assumption or hypothesis: they were working on the supposition that his death was murder | [ mass noun ] : their outrage was based on supposition and hearsay. DERIVATIVES suppositional adjective ORIGIN late Middle English (as a term in scholastic logic ): from Old French, or from late Latin suppositio (n- ) (translating Greek hupothesis ‘hypothesis ’), from the verb supponere (see suppose ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

supposition

supposition noun her supposition is based on previous results: belief, surmise, idea, notion, suspicion, conjecture, speculation, inference, theory, hypothesis, postulation, guess, feeling, hunch, assumption, presumption.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

supposition

supposition noun there is a widespread supposition that there is nothing of any value in these techniques: belief, surmise, idea, notion, suspicion, conjecture, speculation, view, inference, theory, thesis, hypothesis, postulation, guess, guesswork, feeling, hunch, assumption, presumption.

 

Duden Dictionary

Supposition

Sup po si ti on Substantiv, feminin , die |Suppositi o n |lateinisch suppositio = Unterlegung, Unterstellung, zu: supponere, supponieren 1 bildungssprachlich Voraussetzung, Annahme 2 Philosophie Verwendung ein und desselben Wortes zur Bezeichnung von Verschiedenem

 

French Dictionary

supposition

supposition n. f. nom féminin Hypothèse. : Ce ne sont que des suppositions, non des faits. SYNONYME conjecture . Note Orthographique su pp osition.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

supposition

sup po si tion /sʌ̀pəzɪ́ʃ (ə )n /名詞 1 U 推測, 想定 ▸ It is said by supposition to be his handwriting .それは彼の筆跡だと推測されている 2 C 仮定 ; 仮説 ▸ on the supposition that ……と仮定して