suppose

verb

1. 1

   expect, believe, or suppose

   I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel

   I thought to find her in a bad state

2. 2

   to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

   Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps

3. 3

   require as a necessary antecedent or precondition

   This step presupposes two prior ones

4. 4

   take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand

   I presuppose that you have done your work

5. 5

   express a supposition

   Let us say that he did not tell the truth

   Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?