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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

假设的

Native Script:中文汉字

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jiǎshè de

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Suppositional/səˈpɒz.ɪˌʃən.əl/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这个结论是基于假设的情形得出的。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Based on or being an assumption, conjecture, or hypothesis rather than proven facts.

    "The detective warned the press that their current theory remained entirely suppositional until the forensic results arrived."
  2. 2

    Imagined or conditional; dependent on something being supposed.

    "Her argument relied on a suppositional scenario where resources were limitless."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the late Middle English verb 'suppose', originating from Old French 'supposer' and ultimately from Latin 'supponere' (to place under, substitute, or suppose), combining 'sub-' (under) and 'ponere' (to place). The adjective suffix '-al' was later added in the 17th century to denote a character of hypothesis, conjecture, or assumption.

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