presuppose

pre·sup·pose  (prs-pz)

tr.v. pre·sup·posed, pre·sup·pos·ing, pre·sup·pos·es

1. To believe or suppose in advance.

2. To require or involve necessarily as an antecedent condition. See Synonyms at presume.

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pre·suppo·sition (-sp-zshn) n.

pre·suppo·sition·al adj.

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presuppose [ˌpriːsəˈpəʊz]

vb (tr)

1. to take for granted; assume

2. to require or imply as a necessary prior condition

3. (Philosophy) Philosophy logic linguistics to require (a condition) to be satisfied as a precondition for a statement to be either true or false or for a speech act to be felicitous. Have you stopped beating your wife? presupposes that the person addressed has a wife and has beaten her

presupposition  [ˌpriːsʌpəˈzɪʃən] n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	presuppose - take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand; "I presuppose that you have done your work" suppose assume, presume, take for granted - take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof; "I assume his train was late" postulate, posit - take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom; "He posited three basic laws of nature" premiss, premise - take something as preexisting and given
	2.	presuppose - require as a necessary antecedent or precondition; "This step presupposes two prior ones" suppose logic - the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference imply - suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic

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presuppose

verb presume, consider, accept, suppose, assume, take it, imply, take for granted, postulate, posit, take as read All your arguments presuppose that he is a rational man.

Translations

presuppose [ˌpriːsəˈpəʊz] VT → presuponer

presuppose [ˌpriːsəˈpəʊz] vt → présupposer

presuppose

vt → voraussetzen; (= require also) → zur Voraussetzung haben

presuppose [ˌpriːsəˈpəʊz] vt → presupporre