Grammatical class

Verb

supposer

to suppose, to think, to reckon, to surmise

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Syllables

sup-po-ser

Phonetics

sy.po.ze

Grammatical class

Verb

Freq. (books)

3658

Freq. (movies)

7507

Freq. (news)

11249

Sentences

Nous devons supposer le pire.

We must assume the worst.

A1

Tu devrais supposer que Tom est déjà au courant du problème.

You should assume that Tom already knows about the problem.

A1

Sans perte de généralité, on peut supposer que la suite converge vers zéro.

Without loss of generality, we can say that the sequence converges to zero.

A1

Je ne fais que supposer.

I'm just guessing.

A2

Tu devrais supposer que nous n'aurons pas assez d'argent pour acheter tout ce que nous voulons.

You should assume that we won't have enough money to buy everything we want.

A2

Vous devez supposer que les e-mails ne sont pas secrets.

You should assume email messages aren't private.

B1

On doit supposer que tout ce qu'on fait en ligne est public.

You should assume that anything you do online is public.

B1

Ai-je raison de supposer que mes commentaires t'irritent ?

Am I right in assuming that my commentaries irritate you?

B2

Le comportement étrange du témoin laissait supposer qu’il cachait quelque chose.

The strange behavior of the witness hinted at something he was hiding.

B2