supposal
nounUK /səˈpəʊzl/
US /səˈpoʊzl/
A supposal is a guess or idea you think might be true.
Her supposal that it would rain turned out to be right.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. The act of thinking something is true without proof.
The whole plan rested on a supposal that nobody questioned.
3. Something taken for granted as a starting point for reasoning.
His argument began with the supposal that all people are kind.
4. An imagined situation used to explore what might happen.
In this supposal, the moon is made of cheese.