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förutsätta — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • posit noun Something that is posited; a postulate.
  • presume verb To accept something as true or likely without direct proof.
  • presuppose verb To assume some truth without proof, usually for the purpose of reaching a conclusion based on that truth.
  • suppose verb To assume or believe something without full proof.

Senses

förutsätta is used for these senses in English:

  • presume (transitive) To assume or suggest to be true (without proof); to take for granted, to suppose. [from 14th c.]
  • presuppose To assume some truth without proof, usually for the purpose of reaching a conclusion based on that truth.
  • suppose (transitive) To theorize or hypothesize.

posit — full definition

  1. noun Something that is posited; a postulate.
  2. noun A number format representing a real number consisting of a sign bit, a variable-size "regime" part (which modifies the exponent), up to two exponent bits, and a fraction part, proposed as a more efficient alternative to IEEE 754 floats in AI applications.

presume — full definition

  1. verb To accept something as true or likely without direct proof.
  2. verb To act boldly without proper authority or permission.

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