[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/suppose/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [S](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/s/) / suppose # suppose verb (suppose, supposes, supposed, supposing) «suppose» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. To suppose means to think something might be true, or to guess it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suppose/#m1) 2. To suppose is also to imagine a case: suppose you had a million dollars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suppose/#m2) 3. Be supposed to means should, or be planned to: you are supposed to wear a hat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suppose/#m3) 4. Be supposed to also means people say it is so: the film is supposed to be good. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suppose/#m4) ### In the lessons In maths: starts an «if» case to work with: suppose each box holds 6 eggs; the numbers after it are given; «supposed to» is the plan, compared with what really happened. In logic: suppose it is true, then check. In everyday talk: I suppose so. Phrases: suppose that, I suppose, supposed to, I suppose so. ### Examples - Suppose each box holds 6 eggs. How many boxes for 30 eggs? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suppose/#x1) - He was supposed to read 20 pages. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suppose/#x2) - Suppose you double 15. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suppose/#x3) - She was supposed to arrive at 4 o'clock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suppose/#x4) - We are supposed to line up before class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suppose/#x5) - I suppose you are right. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suppose/#x6) - Suppose it rains; what will we do? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suppose/#x7) - This cake is supposed to be the best in town. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suppose/#x8) - I suppose you are a princess." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suppose/#x9) ### Note In speech, the d in «supposed to» is hardly heard, but write it: «supposed to», not «suppose to». Sets up a case to work with; the numbers after it are given. «Supposed to» is the plan, compared with what really happened. ## In Jewish tradition In maths: starts an «if» case to work with: suppose each box holds 6 eggs; the numbers after it are given; «supposed to» is the plan, compared with what really happened. In logic: suppose it is true, then check. In everyday talk: I suppose so. Phrases: suppose that, I suppose, supposed to, I suppose so. ### Examples - C, but it is supposed that it was in use at a much earlii r date. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suppose/#x1) - The five symbols or elements 1, 11, 111, 1111, 0, were supposed to symbolize the whole cosmos which was believed to be in harmony with a decimal system of notation expressible by these symbols.' (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suppose/#x2) ### Note In speech, the d in «supposed to» is hardly heard, but write it: «supposed to», not «suppose to». Sets up a case to work with; the numbers after it are given. «Supposed to» is the plan, compared with what really happened. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «suppose» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suppose/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«suppose» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/suppose.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «suppose» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suppose/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«suppose» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/suppose.html) on Mova free.