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presupposepresuppose /ˌprisəˈpoʊz/ ●○○ verb [transitive usually in present tense] formal VERB TABLEpresuppose |
Present | I, you, we, they | presuppose | | he, she, it | presupposes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | presupposed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have presupposed | | he, she, it | has presupposed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had presupposed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will presuppose | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have presupposed |
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Present | I | am presupposing | | he, she, it | is presupposing | | you, we, they | are presupposing | Past | I, he, she, it | was presupposing | | you, we, they | were presupposing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been presupposing | | he, she, it | has been presupposing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been presupposing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be presupposing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been presupposing |
to depend or be based on a fact that may not be true or a situation that may not exist: presuppose (that) The manual presupposes that the reader is computer-literate.—presupposition /priˌsʌpəˈzɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable] |