veronderstellen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- assume verb To accept something as true without proof.
- conjecture noun A guess or opinion formed without solid proof.
- guess verb To form an answer or opinion without being sure it's correct.
- imagine verb To form a mental picture of something, especially something not present or not real.
- presume verb To accept something as true or likely without direct proof.
- presupposition noun Something guessed or worked out in advance, before all the facts are known.
- reckon verb To think or suppose something, often used informally.
- suppose verb To assume or believe something without full proof.
Senses
veronderstellen is used for these senses in English:
- assume To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof
- guess To reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate.
- imagine (transitive) To assume; to suppose.
- presume (transitive) To assume or suggest to be true (without proof); to take for granted, to suppose. [from 14th c.]
- presupposition The act of presupposing.
- reckon (colloquial) To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an objective clause
- suppose (transitive, intransitive) To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe.
- suppose (transitive) To theorize or hypothesize.
assume — full definition
- verb To accept something as true without proof.
- verb To take on a role, responsibility, or form.
conjecture — full definition
- noun A guess or opinion formed without solid proof.
- verb To guess or form an opinion without full proof.
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