supposaient in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for supposaient in the French»English Dictionary

supposer [sypoze] VB trans

1. supposer (comme base d'un raisonnement) (gén):

supposer

to suppose

supposer MATH, PHILOS

to postulate

supposer que …

to suppose that …

en supposant ou à supposer que

supposing (that)

à supposer que ce soit possible

supposing (that) that is possible

la chaleur est supposée constante

the heat is taken to be constant

2. supposer (tenir pour probable):

supposer

to assume

je suppose qu'il a réussi à partir

I assume he managed to get away

on peut supposer que …

we can assume that …

je suppose qu'elle est en bonne santé

I assume she's in good health

3. supposer (impliquer):

supposer

to presuppose

cela suppose que …

this presupposes that …

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raisonnablement supposer, exiger

reasonably

Translations for supposaient in the English»French Dictionary

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to make a presumption

supposer

conjecture

supposer

imply

laisser supposer (that que)

as their name implies…

comme leur nom le laisse supposer…

they assumed, typically, that …

ils supposaient comme à leur habitude que …

to speculate that …

supposer que …

assume

supposer (that que)

presume

supposer, présumer (that que)

given that (assuming that)

à supposer que

supposaient in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for supposaient in the French»English Dictionary

supposer [sypoze] VB trans

1. supposer (imaginer):

supposer

to suppose

je suppose qu'il va revenir

I suppose he'll come back

supposons qu'elle dise non +subj

let's suppose she says no

2. supposer (présumer):

supposer

to assume

3. supposer (impliquer):

supposer

to presuppose

Translations for supposaient in the English»French Dictionary

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surmise

supposer

supposing

à supposer que +subj

to conjecture that ...

supposer que ...

to make the naive assumption that...

avoir la naïveté de supposer que ...

to deem sb to have done sth

supposer que qc à fait qc

suppose

supposer

it is a fallacy to suppose that ...

il est faux de supposer que ...

suggest

laisser supposer

on the supposition that

à supposer que +subj

supposaient Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

il est faux de supposer que ...

it is a fallacy to suppose that ...

avoir la naïveté de supposer que ...

to make the naive assumption that...

supposer que qc à fait qc

to deem sb to have done sth