presuppose
presuppose |priːsəˈpəʊz|
verb [ with obj. ]
require as a precondition of possibility or coherence:their original prediction presupposed a universe only three billion years old.
• [ with clause ] tacitly assume at the beginning of a line of argument or course of action that something is the case: your argument presupposes that it does not matter who is in power.
Thesaurus
presuppose verb
1 the following course of action presupposes the existence of a policy-making group: require, necessitate, imply,entail, mean, involve, assume, suppose, have as a necessary condition, have as a precondition.
2 I had presupposed that theme parks make people happy: presume, assume, take it for granted, take it, take it as read/given, suppose, surmise, think, accept, consider, postulate, posit.
require as a precondition of possibility or coherence:their original prediction presupposed a universe only three billion years old.
• [ with clause ] tacitly assume at the beginning of a line of argument or course of action that something is the case: your argument presupposes that it does not matter who is in power.
Thesaurus
presuppose verb
1 the following course of action presupposes the existence of a policy-making group: require, necessitate, imply,entail, mean, involve, assume, suppose, have as a necessary condition, have as a precondition.
2 I had presupposed that theme parks make people happy: presume, assume, take it for granted, take it, take it as read/given, suppose, surmise, think, accept, consider, postulate, posit.
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