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How to spell suppose

What it means: To assume something is true.

In a sentence: Suppose we went on an exciting adventure in the jungle! ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for double p. Often misspelled as supose or supposse.

Same family: supposed, supposedly, supposing, assume, guess. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Suppose” comes from Old French *supposer* and Latin *supponere*, meaning “to put under” or “to imagine as a basis.” That older sense survives when we say things like “Let’s suppose you win the game,” where we ‘put’ an idea under the discussion as a starting point.

Patterns it uses: Drop the e before a suffix?

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