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presupune
to suppose, to assume /presuˈpune/
verb#538 most common
Also: to imply, to require, to presuppose
Example sentences
El presupune că mâine va ploua.
He supposes it will rain tomorrow.
Acest job presupune multă răbdare.
This job requires a lot of patience.
Presupunem că toți vor fi de acord.
We assume everyone will agree.
Contractul presupune respectarea unor termene stricte.
The contract entails compliance with strict deadlines.
Teoria presupune existența unor particule încă nedescoperite.
The theory presupposes the existence of particles not yet discovered.
Raționamentul lui presupunea, în mod eronat, că toate variabilele rămân constante.
His reasoning wrongly assumed that all variables remain constant.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | presupun | presupusei | voi presupune |
| 2sg | presupui | presupuseși | vei presupune |
| 3sg | presupune | presupuse | va presupune |
| 1pl | presupunem | presupuserăm | vom presupune |
| 2pl | presupuneți | presupuserăți | veți presupune |
| 3pl | presupun | presupuseră | vor presupune |
Word family
presupunereassumption, supposition
presupusalleged, supposed
a puneto put, place
a propuneto propose
Etymology
Romanian "a presupune" is built from the prefix "pre-" (from Latin prae-, meaning before) attached to "a pune" (from Latin ponere, meaning to put or place). It belongs to a family of pune-compounds, alongside "a propune" (to propose) and "a compune" (to compose), and it keeps the irregular conjugation of "a pune". Its modern sense of intellectual assumption likely gained support from French "présupposer", but the word's shape is native Romanian.
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