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adjective

Definition of presupposednext
as in presumed

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presupposed

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verb

past tense of presuppose
as in assumed
to take as true or as a fact without actual proof the book presupposes its readers will already know something about the subject

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for presupposed
  1. assumed
  2. alleged
  3. presumed
  4. believed
  5. supposed
  6. hypothetical
  7. unproved
  8. unproven
Verb
  • Babies with only one umbilical artery are at risk of being born small, but Naomi, her daughter, weighed over 6 pounds, so she was assumed to be fine.
    Nancy Borowick, NPR, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Federal judge blocks Kroger merger with Albertsons Who is on the hook for a mortgage that has been assumed by a home buyer?
    Christopher A. Combs, The Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of assumed
Adjective
  • In 2021, the artist, whose real name is Ramón Jiménez Salazar, was already under investigation for alleged gender violence following accusations made by Méndez, who, according to El País, had been in a relationship with El Cigala since 2014.
    Sigal Ratner-Arias, Billboard, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Zelensky wrote about Russian efforts to conceal the presence of soldiers from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in Russia, including a video highlighting the alleged practice of burning slain soldiers' faces.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of alleged
Verb
  • It is presumed most infected dairy workers were exposed to H5N1 via milk spray in the eye or in the nose, not as a result of drinking it.
    Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
  • When subsequent researchers, over decades, did not make similar findings, it was presumed Koeltz got it wrong.
    Keith Matheny, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of presumed
Verb
  • Lula underwent surgery for an intracranial hemorrhage after the 79-year-old leader complained of headaches that doctors believed to be the result of a fall in a bathroom at his home in October.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Jennifer had set a goal to acquire a business in 2024 and believed the right opportunity would come without forcing it.
    Lien De Pau, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of believed
Adjective
  • Adams is the outlier in a film obsessed with its own supposed cleverness.
    Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Chinese state media said that a gold ore deposit site with supposed reserves of more than 1,000 tonnes at a depth of 2,000 meters had been located in the Wangu goldfield in Pingjiang County in central Hunan province.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of supposed
Adjective
  • This means that Teste consecrates himself to a basically hypothetical existence.
    Benjamin Kunkel, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Nick Saban and others in the SEC often point to hypothetical point spreads or the number of NFL players on a team’s roster.
    Chris Vannini, The Athletic, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of hypothetical
Adjective
  • And the exploitation of the total resource, including unproved but technically recoverable resources, is fairly low, less than 2% per year.
    Michael Lynch, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
  • During the 2020 wildfires in Oregon, for example, armed men hampered firefighting, fueled by unproved rumors that antifa had set the fires.
    Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of unproved
Adjective
  • Some Arctic scientists and experts have criticized Real Ice’s methods as unproven at scale, ecologically risky and a distraction from tackling the root cause of climate change: fossil fuels.
    Laura Paddison, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Colavito returned to Cleveland in 1965 in a three-team deal (which cost the Indians a young, unproven pitcher named Tommy John, who ultimately won 288 games, as well as Tommie Agee, who won the AL Rookie of the Year award the next year).
    Zack Meisel, The Athletic, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of unproven
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