presuppose

tr.v., -posed, -pos·ing, -pos·es.

1. To believe or suppose in advance.
2. To require or involve necessarily as an antecedent condition. See synonyms at presume.

presupposition pre·sup'po·si'tion (-sŭp'ə-zĭsh'ən) n.
presuppositional pre·sup'po·si'tion·al adj.

verb

To take for granted without proof: assume, posit, postulate, premise, presume, suppose. Informal reckon. See belief/unbelief.

IN BRIEF: To take for granted.

Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another. — Gandhi (1869-1948)

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand

Meaning #2: require as a necessary antecedent or precondition; in logic

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - forudsætte, gå ud fra

Nederlands (Dutch)
vooronderstellen

Français (French)
v. tr. - présupposer

Deutsch (German)
v. - voraussetzen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - θεωρώ ως προϋπόθεση, προϋποθέτω

Italiano (Italian)
presupporre

Português (Portuguese)
v. - pressupor

Русский (Russian)
заранее допускать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - presuponer, suponer

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - förutsätta

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
预先假定, 以...为前提, 预料

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 預先假定, 以...為前提, 預料

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 미리 가정하다, 필요조건으로 예상하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 想定する, 前提とする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يفترض مقدما‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮העיד על, דרש מלכתחילה, רימז על, הניח מראש‬

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