Usually means: Assumes existence or truth beforehand.
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  1. presupposes: Merriam-Webster
  2. presupposes: Collins English Dictionary
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  4. presupposes: Wordnik
  5. presupposes: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. presupposes: Wiktionary
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  8. presupposes: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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  1. presupposes: Legal dictionary

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▸ verb:  To assume some truth without proof, usually for the purpose of reaching a conclusion based on that truth.
▸ Also see presuppose

Types:
assumes, postulates, proposes, hypothesizes, more...

Adjectives:
former, first, latter, other, such, above, good, universal, general, self, possible

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Types:
assumes, postulates, proposes, hypothesizes, more...

Adjectives:
former, first, latter, other, such, above, good, universal, general, self, possible




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