presuppose

presuppose

/ˌpɹisəˈpoʊz/

📜 Academic Terms

to require as a precondition

presuppose in a sentence

“The theory presupposes rational actors.”

Origin of presuppose

Medieval Latin praesupponere from prae- before + supponere to place under from sub- under + ponere to place

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to remove a need or difficulty

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to prevent from happening; make impossible

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to take the place of something previously in use

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a thing that existed or came before another

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to come together to form one mass or whole

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to combine two or more things into one