Sentence examples for To suppose from inspiring English sources
verb
To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe.
- Suppose that A implies B and B implies C. Then A implies C.
To suppose that all men have a right to think freely on all subjects is to suppose that they have the capacity to do so.
To suppose that groups, like individual persons, can hold rights is to suppose that groups can have a being and an integrity that match those of individual persons.
To suppose this is to suppose that meaning is independent of our collective intentions, which is a very large dead rat to swallow.
To suppose otherwise would be to defend a particularly esoteric reading of Plato's intentions.
To suppose the contrary, they claim, would be a plain contradiction.
To suppose that there is forecloses the possibility of imagination inventing something even better.
To suppose that, however, would be a mistake.
In fact, it's implausible to suppose otherwise.
Economies need oil and it is idle to suppose otherwise.
Though I have to suppose now I was wrong.
His mistake was to suppose that heaven was somewhere else.
