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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As soon as her doctor allowed her to put her foot out-of-doors she hurried up to Green Gables, bursting with curiosity to see Matthew and Marilla’s orphan, concerning whom all sorts of stories and suppositions had gone abroad in Avonlea.
They attacked him in various ways, with barefaced questions, ingenious suppositions, and distant surmises; but he eluded the skill of them all; and they were at last obliged to accept the second-hand intelligence of their neighbour, Lady Lucas.
The supposition did not pain her.
Bennet’s heart, but for the mortifying supposition of his viewing it all as his own future property.
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