presuppose – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
presuppose
v.
assume beforehand, conjecture in advance, presume beforehand
Presupposition
In the branch of linguistics known as
pragmatics, a
presupposition (or
ps) is an implicit assumption about the world or background belief relating to an utterance whose truth is taken for granted in
discourse. Examples of presuppositions include:
- Jane no longer writes fiction.
- Presupposition: Jane once wrote fiction.
- Have you stopped eating meat?
- Presupposition: you had once eaten meat.
- Have you talked to Hans?
- Presupposition: Hans exists.
presuppose
Verb
1. take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand; "I presuppose that you have done your work"
(synonym) suppose
(hypernym) assume, presume, take for granted
(hyponym) postulate, posit
(derivation) presupposition
2. require as a necessary antecedent or precondition; "This step presupposes two prior ones"
(synonym) suppose
(hypernym) imply
(classification) logic
présupposer
v.
presuppose
presupporre
v.
presuppose, suppose, assume, premise
