presuppose
US: /ˌpɹisəˈpoʊz/
UK: /pɹˌiːsʌpˈəʊz/
UK: /pɹˌiːsʌpˈəʊz/
English Vietnamese dictionary
presuppose /,pri:sə'pouz/
- ngoại động từ
- giả định trước, phỏng định trước, đoán chừng trước
- bao hàm
- effects presuppose causes: kết quả bao hàm nguyên nhân
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb (formal)
1 [VN] to accept sth as true or existing and act on that basis, before it has been proved to be true
Synonym: PRESUME
Teachers sometimes presuppose a fairly high level of knowledge by the students.
2 to depend on sth in order to exist or be true: [V that] His argument presupposes that it does not matter who is in power. [also VN]
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
See presume, 1, above.
presuppositionn.
See presumption, 1, 2, above.
pretencen.
1 show, display, pretension, ostentation, airs, front, façade, appearance, make-believe, fiction, hypocrisy, fakery, faking, feigning, humbuggery, humbug, deception, artifice, pretext, posturing, pretentiousness, pretending, camouflage, cover-up:
Her charming manner was all pretence, for in reality she despised him
2 hoax, humbug, artifice, pretext, sham, show, pose, façade, front, cover-up, cover, cloak, veil, mask, masquerade, disguise, guise, deception, ruse, dodge, blind, fabrication, invention, fiction, story, fable, make-believe, fairy tale, figment, falsification, impression:
His loyalty was a pretence under which he carried on many liaisons.
3 excuse, pretext, pretension:
They would ring for the butler on the slightest pretence, just to impress us.
