suppose

suppose
sup·pose [səʼpəʊz, Am -ʼpoʊz] vt
1) (think likely)
to \suppose [that] ... annehmen [o vermuten] , dass ...;
what time do you \suppose he'll be arriving? wann, glaubst du, wird er ankommen?;
I had always \supposeed that he was innocent ich war immer der Meinung, dass er unschuldig ist;
I \suppose you think that's funny du hältst das wohl auch noch für komisch;
that's not a very good idea - no, I \suppose not das ist keine sehr gute Idee - ja, das glaube ich auch;
will they have arrived by now? - I don't \suppose so ob sie jetzt wohl angekommen sind? - das glaube ich eigentlich nicht;
I \suppose/don't \suppose wohl/wohl kaum;
I \suppose all the tickets will be sold by now die Tickets werden wohl inzwischen ausverkauft sein;
I \suppose you couldn't ... [or I don't \suppose you could ...] Sie könnten mir nicht zufällig ...
2) (as admission) denken, annehmen;
I'm very popular, I \suppose ich bin sehr beliebt, nehm' ich mal an
3) (to introduce hypothesis) annehmen;
\suppose he was there ... angenommen er war hier ...
4) (as a suggestion)
\suppose we leave right away? wie wär's, wenn wir jetzt gleich fahren würden?
5) (form: require)
to \suppose sth etw voraussetzen
6) (believe)
to \suppose sth etw glauben [o vermuten];
I \suppose she would have been about 70 when she died ich vermute, sie war so um die 70, als sie starb;
to \suppose sb/sth to be sth jdn/etw für etw akk halten;
we all \supposeed him to be German wir haben alle gedacht, dass er Deutscher sei;
her new book is \supposeed to be very good ihr neues Buch soll sehr gut sein;
it is commonly \supposeed that ... es wird allgemein angenommen, dass ...
7) pred (expected)
to be \supposed to do sth etw tun sollen;
you're \supposed to be asleep du solltest eigentlich schon schlafen;
how am I \supposed to find that much money? woher soll ich nur das ganze Geld nehmen?
8) pred, usu neg (allowed)
to be not \supposed to do sth etw nicht tun dürfen;
you're not \supposed to park here sie dürfen hier nicht parken
PHRASES:
I \suppose so wahrscheinlich, wenn du meinst

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