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Therefore it supposits [A] indefinitely and [B] uncertainly; therefore indeterminately" (pp. 115 6).[23] But this is simply a matter of terminology, he replies — determinate supposition means suppositing for one, not for many, but for no particular one, for that would constitute discrete supposition.
It's supposition ," said Phil Gunning, a retired police inspector who runs a grouse syndicate, a small group of friends holding an exclusive right to shoot on 5,700 acres of Bowland each season.
Ultimately it's supposition.
The problem with this approach is that without being able to verify these sources, Ms Dawisha makes herself vulnerable to the same ills that have beset the Russian media: supposition , conspiracy and statements based on assumptions and circumstantial evidence rather than documentation.
For years, on the supposition that union members shared the same (left-leaning) convictions, unions have used members' money to elect pro-labour politicians and defeat anti-union legislation.
Neither passive nor whimsical, this power of supposition underlay the simplest intentions and grandest plans.
Your supposition that Mr Obama has veered to the centre during the campaign and will thus govern that way defies the existing evidence.I subscribed to The Economist to escape the intellectually dishonest, biased news media that prevails in the United States, but it turns out that Mr Obama's star power is universal.
Our combined savings would not last us a month were we to lose our jobs, and our net worth is less than worthless.I recognise that under the current proposals, we would supposedly not see our taxes increase (no matter how fanciful that supposition may be, according to the Congressional Budget Office).
Hence the supposition that Hawaiki might be Taiwan.In this section Under new management Dispatches from the void The smell of power Taiwan, twinned with Hawaii Reprints Related items Anthropology: History writ smallAug 20th 1998To check this out, Dr Trejaut and Dr Lin decided to look at variations in mitochondrial DNA.
One shortcut to understanding this involves supposing that many voters see the Conservative Party as a Père Fouettard figure, bringing needed discipline to a country that let spending and welfare run out of control.As it happens, there is some evidence to back this supposition.
This strengthens the general supposition that the guilty men have some Islamist or Middle Eastern connection with the rider that nobody should forget the false leap to Islamist judgment after the Oklahoma bombing in 1995.East Africa is unaccustomed to this particular form of violence.
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The word "supposition" functions primarily as a noun . According to Ludwig AI, it denotes an assumption or belief , often put forward as a basis for reasoning or a starting point for discussion. Ludwig examples confirm that the word "supposition" is grammatically correct.
Expression frequency: Common
