presuppose

v. assume beforehand, conjecture in advance, presume beforehand

In linguistics, a presupposition is background belief, relating to an utterance, that:must be mutually known or assumed by the speaker and addressee for the utterance to be considered appropriate in contextwill generally remain a necessary assumption whether the utterance is placed in the form of an assertion, denial, or question, andcan be associated with a specific lexical item or grammatical feature (presupposition trigger) in the utterance.
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Verb
1. take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand; "I presuppose that you have done your work"
(synonym) suppose
(hypernym) assume, presume, take for granted
(hyponym) postulate, posit
(derivation) presupposition
2. require as a necessary antecedent or precondition; "This step presupposes two prior ones"
(synonym) suppose
(hypernym) imply
(classification) logic

v. presuppose

v. presuppose, suppose, assume, premise