supposalとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Anglo-Norman supposaille, supposail, corresponding to suppose +‎ -al.

発音

• IPA^(key): /səˈpəʊzəl/
• 韻: -əʊzəl

名詞

supposal (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 supposals)

1. The act of supposing; supposition. [from 15th c.]
2. Something supposed; a supposition, a hypothesis. [from 16th c.]
   • 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographica, XLII:

     [W]e may, if we attentively consider and examine it, find that there are circumstances sufficient, upon the supposals of the excellent contrivance of their machine, to excite and force them to act after such or such a manner […].

   • 1698, Robert South, Twelve Sermons upon Several Subjects and Occasions

     Interest, with a Jew, never proceeds but upon supposal, at least, of a firm and sufficient bottom.