Meaning & use
Presupposed
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Assumed something to be true or existing in advance, before it is proven.
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The plan presupposed that funding would be approved, which turned out not to be the case.
Her argument presupposed a level of trust between the two nations that no longer existed.
A note on using this word
"Presuppose" combines the prefix "pre-" (before) with "suppose," literally meaning to suppose something in advance.
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