The rule presupposes a need to restrict student access to the library.
the book presupposes its readers will already know something about the subject
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This presupposes a whole number of other technologies, some of which were fairly esoteric prior to the AI boom; for example, digital twins and synthetic data.—Ruth Foxe Blader, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025 For one thing, the argument for a near-term action against Taiwan presupposes a deadline that Xi has not actually set, conflating military modernization goals with a timeline for using force.—Jessica Chen Weiss, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2022 What The Last of Us Season Two presupposes is, maybe something is going to change that?—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2025 Put differently, the kidnappings presuppose a collective enemy without individual faces or humanity.—Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for presuppose
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Etymology
Middle English, from Middle French presupposer, from Medieval Latin praesupponere (perfect indicative praesupposui), from Latin prae- + Medieval Latin supponere to suppose — more at suppose
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