0 the fact of believing something is true without any proof or something that you believe to be true without any proof:
1 an idea that something may be true, although it is not certain:
[ + that clause ] The investment was based on the supposition that there was adequate demand for a new modern office building.
An elementary supposition is that the course of life of the house will have concurred with the domestic cycle of this group (the household).
Although not gratuitous, the hypothesis of a principle-power evidently resembles an ad hoc supposition.
This result was consistent with our supposition of distinct contributors to academic versus social competence.
Such an assumption might be motivated by the supposition that the agent has already considered the decision problem under the first presentation.
Rather, there is a supposition that, where it matters, only expert decision makers can survive market arbitrage and competition.
Our evidence for these nearly seamless additions goes beyond simple supposition surrounding a single marginal entry in the extant manuscript.
This also supports the original supposition and previous results that economic interests at the national level do appear to affect public opinion on foreign policy.
Once again, these suppositions need to be tested.