Definition of Presuppose

Presuppose

To suppose beforehand; to imply as antecedent; to take for granted; to assume; as, creation presupposes a creator.

Related Definitions:

Antecedent, As, Assume, Beforehand, Creation, For, Granted, Imply, Suppose, Take, To

Presuppose Quotations

Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another.
Mahatma Gandhi

It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it to presuppose that all men are evil and that they are always going to act according to the wickedness of their spirits whenever they have free scope.
Niccolo Machiavelli

We are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being.
William O. Douglas

The script is very good because the things that happen in it are very believable to me. It doesn't presuppose that the world has changed very much. You don't have to think that you're in a different world.
Roger Spottiswoode

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Presuppose Translations

presuppose in German is voraussetzen
presuppose in Italian is presupporre
presuppose in Spanish is presuponer, sobrentender

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