Sample sentences for SUPPOSITION

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Definition

something supposed (rather than something known to be so) — especially when others doubt that reality

She paints a vivid picture, but we must remember it is all mere supposition.

supposition = something supposed (rather than something known to be so)

It is an unsupportable supposition.

supposition = something supposed (rather than something known to be so)

It is a foolish supposition.

supposition = something supposed (rather than something known to be so)

Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.
George Washington

supposition = something supposed (rather than something known to be so)

Suppose somebody should have got over the wall of the back-yard, and stolen it, while they were merry with the goose—a supposition at which the two young Cratchits became livid!
Charles Dickens -- A Christmas Carol

supposition = something put forth to believe as possible

Such a supposition ... is altogether inconsistent with real existence;
Edgar Allan Poe -- The Pit and the Pendulum

supposition = something put forth to believe as true

This functionary, however, has been thoroughly mystified; and the remote source of his defeat lies in the supposition that the Minister is a fool, because he has acquired renown as a poet.
Edgar Allan Poe -- The Purloined Letter

supposition = something supposed (rather than something known to be so)

He seemed to yield to the justice of this supposition, in spite of himself.
Charles Dickens -- A Christmas Carol

supposition = something put forth to believe as true

Author's Note History is comprised less of certainty than of supposition.
James A. Owen -- Here, There be Dragons
Somebody has changed your suppositions.
Ayn Rand -- Atlas Shrugged
Q. I think you will agree that that is a relatively uninformed supposition.
Stephen King -- Carrie
We've made some hypotheses, some suppositions, but nobody really knows what the nests were like.
Michael Crichton -- Jurassic Park
As if to confirm this last supposition, the dull boom of a gun was heard from out at sea.
Baroness Orczy -- The Scarlet Pimpernel
I wouldn't wager my life on that supposition," said Kassad.
Dan Simmons -- Hyperion
He looked for solutions, he made suppositions, he tried to analyze long-term scenarios, in order to carefully assess the potential outcomes.
Nicholas Sparks -- True Believer
Victor, be assured that your cousin and playmate has too sincere a love for you not to be made miserable by this supposition.
Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein
But this idea of Quality took issue with that very supposition...of objectivity and disinterestedness.
Robert M. Pirsig -- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
All this I was forced to define and describe by putting cases and making suppositions.
Jonathan Swift -- Gulliver's Travels
A naturalistic scientist will exclusively rely on natural phenomena—not on either rationalistic suppositions or any form of divine revelation.
Jostein Gaarder -- Sophie's World
"Yes, you mentioned the—the supposition," replied Longstreth, sarcastically.
Zane Grey -- The Lone Star Ranger

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