presupposes

verb

present tense third-person singular of presuppose
as in assumes
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 presupposes Programming a daylong omnibus performance on a weekday presupposes an audience of the underemployed, or perhaps the date was set in a bid to discourage overcrowding. — Nolan Kelly, Artforum, 26 Oct. 2026 Then again, the album’s 15-minute runtime presupposes a complete lasting impression isn’t the point. — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 13 Oct. 2026 Hence, any thought experiment that presupposes an AGI often supposes an ASI. — Geoffrey Irving, Time, 3 Oct. 2026 The film pulls an Old Custer and presupposes that maybe Monroe didn’t die at the age of 36, juxtaposing a 100-year-old Marilyn with one in her 30s played by Johnson. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026 But the samurai genre already presupposes a fictitious otherworldly place, and everyday normalcy simply doesn’t exist there, Kurosawa said. — ABC News, 29 July 2026 However, this theory presupposes that the CIA even has anything to hide from the public to begin with. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 7 Jan. 2026 The new arrangement under Xi presupposes the absence of rivals. — Deng Yuwen, Foreign Affairs, 14 Nov. 2025 The framing already presupposes anthropocentrism. — Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for presupposes
  1. assumes
  2. presumes
  3. says
  4. believes
  5. supposes
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  • The overbuild risk The market may already have overbuilt relative to the payback window that data center financing assumes.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Maybe The Mob assumes that someone tuning in to this show is also a loyal viewer of all other reality shows and are aware of whatever drama Demi and Harry are carrying into this setting.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of assumes
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  • For example, the law presumes that coordination is taking place if a candidate’s family member is running an independent expenditure committee supporting that same candidate.
    — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The decree, which must be converted to law by parliament within 60 days, also automatically presumes that anyone over age 14 is capable of understanding their own actions, unless proven otherwise.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of presumes
Verb
  • Cleveland Clinic says some early research is encouraging, but black garlic isn’t medicine and shouldn’t replace any treatment your doctor recommends.
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2026
  • OpenAI says Pando has reduced median Git push latency by nearly 80 percent.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of says
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  • Larter believes engineers could develop similar mechanisms for hundreds of ordnance types.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026
  • Without a clear owner, those recommendations circulate and generate input, and often the leader believes the recommendations turn into action.
    — Maureen Metcalf, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of believes
Verb
  • Hence, any thought experiment that presupposes an AGI often supposes an ASI.
    — Geoffrey Irving, Time, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Rock* supposes there’s a fork in the road where the Beatles take us one way and the Velvet Underground pull us somewhere else entirely.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
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“Presupposes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presupposes. Accessed 4 Nov. 2026.

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