supposition
/ˌsʌpəˈzɪʃən/ noun C2- Something that is supposed; an assumption made to account for known facts, conjecture.
- The act or an instance of supposing.
Plural suppositions
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It is a large supposition; for discreet inquiry among servants and others has failed to corroborate it in any way.
When water is near and a weight is missing it is not a very far-fetched supposition that something has been sunk in the water.
I had the good fortune to seize upon that, and everything which has occurred since then has served to confirm my original supposition, and, indeed, was the logical sequence of it.
I was inclined from the first to the latter supposition.
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