- suppositional
- adjective see supposition
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
suppositional
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Suppositional — Sup po*si tion*al, a. Resting on supposition; hypothetical; conjectural; supposed. South. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
suppositional — index apparent (presumptive), assumed (inferred), disputable, doubtful, dubious, hypothetical … Law dictionary
suppositional — See supposition. * * * … Universalium
suppositional — Synonyms and related words: accounted as, alleged, arguable, assumed, assumptive, at issue, confutable, conjectural, conjectured, contestable, controversial, controvertible, debatable, deemed, deniable, disputable, doubtable, doubtful, dubious,… … Moby Thesaurus
suppositional — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. conjectural, hypothetical, presumptive; see theoretical . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Presumed to be true, real, or genuine, especially on inconclusive grounds: conjectural, hypothetic, hypothetical, inferential … English dictionary for students
suppositional — sup·po si·tion·al || ‚sÊŒpÉ™ zɪʃənl adj. based on supposition, lacking concrete evidence, conjectural … English contemporary dictionary
suppositional — a. Hypothetical … New dictionary of synonyms
suppositional — sup·po·si·tion·al … English syllables
suppositional — adjective based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural the supposed reason for his absence suppositious reconstructions of dead languages hypothetical situation • … Useful english dictionary
supposition — suppositional, adj. suppositionally, adv. /sup euh zish euhn/, n. 1. the act of supposing. 2. something that is supposed; assumption; hypothesis. [1400 50; late ME < L supposition (s. of suppositio) substitution (E meaning by assoc. with SUPPOSE) … Universalium
