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Definition: Supposition |
SuppositionNoun1. A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence. 2. A hypothesis that is taken for granted; "any society is built upon certain assumptions". 3. The cognitive process of supposing. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "supposition" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
Etymology: Supposition \Sup`po*si"tion\, noun. [French expression supposition, from Latin expression suppositio placing under, substitution, from supponere, suppositium, to put under, to substitute. The word has the meaning corresponding to suppose. See Sub-, and Position.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: SuppositionSynonyms: assumption (n), conjecture (n), guess (n), hypothesis (n), speculation (n), supposal (n), surmisal (n), surmise (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Qualification | Adverb: provided, provided that, provided always; if, unless, but, yet; according as; conditionally, admitting, supposing; on the supposition of; (theoretically); with the understanding, even, although, though, for all that, after all, at all events. |
Reasoning, | Noun: intuition, instinct, association, hunch, gut feeling; presentiment, premonition; rule of thumb; superstition; astrology; faith (supposition). |
Supposition | Noun: supposition, assumption, assumed position, postulation, condition, presupposition, hypothesis, blue sky hypothesis, postulate, postulatum, theory; thesis, theorem; data; proposition, position; proposal; (plan); presumption; (belief); divination. |
Inkling, suggestion, hint, intimation, notion, impression; bare supposition, vague supposition, loose supposition, loose suggestion. | |
Adverb: if, if so be; an; on the supposition; Noun:ex hypothesi; in the case, in the event of; quasi, as if, provided; perhaps; (by possibility); for aught one knows. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Supposition |
| English words defined with "supposition": Be it so ♦ given, givenness, granted ♦ If, Indirect demonstration ♦ Opination, Oxymuriatic acid ♦ Plane sailing, Presumption of fact, presupposition ♦ say, suppose, Suppositive, Supposure ♦ Urohaematin. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "supposition": All Hallows' Eve ♦ Exodus, Book of ♦ Fountain of the Virgin ♦ Hanlon's Razor ♦ INSURANCE, Iron Mask ♦ Lapidoth ♦ overreaction hypothesis, Owl in an Ivy Bush. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "supposition": Supposure. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Supposition" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (acceptance, assumption, guess, presumption, supposition). |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | But this being supposed, it seems to some a very great difficulty, how any one should ever come to have a property in any thing: I will not content myself to answer, that if it be difficult to make out property, upon a supposition that God gave the world to Adam, and his posterity in common, it is impossible that any man, but one universal monarch, should have any property upon a supposition, that God gave the world to Adam, and his heirs in succession, exclusive of all the rest of his posterity. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Tangled Tale | Carroll, Lewis | Of course, on this supposition, the percentages must all be multiplied together. |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | He seemed to yield to the justice of this supposition, in spite of himself. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | On the supposition that I should let her go and sacrifice my own feelings, I should want to know where she is going. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | INSURANCE, n. An ingenious modern game of chance in which the player is permitted to enjoy the comfortable conviction that he is beating the man who keeps the table. INSURANCE AGENT: My dear sir, that is a fine house -- pray let me insure it. HOUSE OWNER: With pleasure. Please make the annual premium so low that by the time when, according to the tables of your actuary, it will probably be destroyed by fire I will have paid you considerably less than the face of the policy. INSURANCE AGENT: O dear, no -- we could not afford to do that. We must fix the premium so that you will have paid more. HOUSE OWNER: How, then, can I afford that? INSURANCE AGENT: Why, your house may burn down at any time. There was Smith's house, for example, which -- HOUSE OWNER: Spare me -- there were Brown's house, on the contrary, and Jones's house, and Robinson's house, which -- INSURANCE AGENT: Spare me! HOUSE OWNER: Let us understand each other. You want me to pay you money on the supposition that something will occur previously to the time set by yourself for its occurrence. In other words, you expect me to bet that my house will not last so long as you say that it will probably last. INSURANCE AGENT: But if your house burns without insurance it will be a total loss. HOUSE OWNER: Beg your pardon -- by your own actuary's tables I shall probably have saved, when it burns, all the premiums I would otherwise have paid to you -- amounting to more than the face of the policy they would have bought. But suppose it to burn, uninsured, before the time upon which your figures are based. If I could not afford that, how could you if it were insured? INSURANCE AGENT: O, we should make ourselves whole from our luckier ventures with other clients. Virtually, they pay your loss. HOUSE OWNER: And virtually, then, don't I help to pay their losses? Are not their houses as likely as mine to burn before they have paid you as much as you must pay them? The case stands this way: you expect to take more money from your clients than you pay to them, do you not? INSURANCE AGENT: Certainly; if we did not -- HOUSE OWNER: I would not trust you with my money. Very well then. If it is certain, with reference to the whole body of your clients, that they lose money on you it is probable, with reference to any one of them, that he will. It is these individual probabilities that make the aggregate certainty. INSURANCE AGENT: I will not deny it -- but look at the figures in this pamph -- HOUSE OWNER: Heaven forbid! INSURANCE AGENT: You spoke of saving the premiums which you would otherwise pay to me. Will you not be more likely to squander them? We offer you an incentive to thrift. HOUSE OWNER: The willingness of A to take care of B's money is not peculiar to insurance, but as a charitable institution you command esteem. Deign to accept its expression from a Deserving Object. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | Precautions were taken by the consul on the latter supposition. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | This supposition does not necessarily impugn the motives of such Congressional representatives, nor is it so intended. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Supposition" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Supposition" is used about 137 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 137 | 27,138 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "supposition": assume supposition ♦ assumption supposition ♦ bare supposition ♦ faith supposition ♦ loose supposition ♦ on supposition ♦ vague supposition. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "supposition": pre-supposition. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
supposition | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "supposition"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | supozim (assumption, calculation, conjecture, guess, guesswork, presumption, presupposition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فرضية (guess-work, hypothesis, postulate, thesis), إفتراض (assumption, guess, hypothesis, postulate, presumption, presupposition, proposition), ظن (calculate, fancy, guess, imagine, misgiving, reckon, suppose, surmise, suspect, think). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | предположение (assumption, conjecture, guess, hypothesis, if, postulate, presumption, presupposition, speculation, suggestion, surmise). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 假定 (Assumption, hypothetical, Posit, Posited, Positing, Presume, Presumed, Presuming). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | předpoklad (assumption, condition, hypothesis, postulate, precondition, premise, prerequisite, presumption, presupposition), domnìnka (assumption, belief, conjecture, guess, hypothesis, surmise). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | onderstelling (hypothesis), veronderstelling (hypothesis), vermoeden (conjecture, guess, presume, suppose, surmise), mening (contention, opinion), hypothese (hypothesis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | supozo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | فرضی (Hypothetical, Obligatory), فرض (Assumption, Duty, Guess, Hypothesis, If, Liability, Posit, Presumption, Thesis), پندار (Image), گمان (Aim, Assumption, Belief, Conjecture, Doubt, Guess, Idea, Impression, Opinion, Surmise, Thought), تصور (Fancy, Idea, If, Image, Notion, Picture, Vision), انگاشتی (Imaginary), انگاشت (Assumption), احتمال (Aptness, Expectancy, Liability, Likelihoood, Possibility, Presumption, Probability). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | valheellisen asian esittäminen totena (putting forward something as genuine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | supposition, hypothèse (surmise). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | fermoeden. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Voraussetzung (assumption, condition, hypothesis, precondition, premise, prerequisite, presupposition, qualification, requirement, requisite, stipulation, understanding), vermutung (assumption, conjecture, guess, guesswork, presumption, speculation, suggestion, surmise, suspicion), annahme (acceptance, acceptation, acquisition, admission, adoption, approval, assuming, assumption, fiction, guess, hypothesis, passage, passing, picking up, presumption, sanctification, taking, taking on, taking up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | προϋπόθεση (condition, precondition, premise, presupposition), υπόθεση (affair, assumption, business, case, cause, concern, conjecture, hypothesis, matter, premise, presumption, shebang). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "שער" (assumption, hypothesis, presumption, speculation, surmise), סבר" (conjecture, logical argument, opinion, presumption, speculation, surmise, view). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | feltevés (admittance, assumption, conjecture, guess, guessing, guesswork, hypothesis, speculation, surmise), feltételezés (admittance, assumption, conjecture, guess, presumption, presupposition), vélekedés (surmise). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | perkiraan (estimate, presupposition), pengandaian, anggapan (assumption, belief, contention, impression, judgment, presumption, suspicion), andai-andai. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | supposizione (assumption, guess, guesswork, postulation, presumption, speculation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 臆測 (guess, speculation), 措定 (assumption), 想定 (assumption, hypothesis), 憶測 (guess, speculation), 仮説 (fictional, hypothesis, provisional, temporary), 仮設 (fictional, hypothesis, provisional, temporary), 仮想 (imagination, potential), 仮定 (assumption, hypothesis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | おくそく (guess, speculation), そうてい (assumption, binding, cloven foot, format, hypothesis, row, sending a book as a present, young man who has reached adulthood, youth), そてい (assumption), かそう (appearance, construction of a house, converted, cremation, disguise, fancy dress, imagination, lower strata, masquerade, phenomenon, potential, temporary burial), かせつ (auspicious occasion, building, construction, fictional, hypothesis, provisional, temporary), かてい (assumption, course, curriculum, family, home, household, hypothesis, process, river bed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | sheiltynys (concept, conjecture, fancy, fantasy, hypothesis, presumption, speculation, theory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uppositionsay suposição (assumption, conjecture, guess, surmise, theory), hipótese (assumption, case, conjecture, hypothesis). (various references) supoziţie (conjecture, if, speculation), socotealã (account, bill, calculation, cast, check, computation, consideration, count, counting, idea, offset, pay off, profit, reckoning, reflection, shot), presupunere (assumption, conjecture, guess, idea, if, presumption, speculation, surmise), bãnuire, bãnuialã (anticipation, apprehension, conjecture, discredit, distrust, doubt, foresight, hunch, idea, inkling, jealousy, mistrust, presumption, surmise, suspicion). (various references) предположение (assumption, conjecture, contemplation, guess, presumption, presupposition, speculation). (various references) pretpostavka (assumption, conjecture, hypothesis, postulation, presumption, surmise), nagađanje (guess, guesswork, sneaking suspicion, surmise). (various references) suposición (assumption, conjecture, fancy, guess, presumption, surmise). (various references) antagande (acceptance, adoption, assuming, assumption, engagement, espousal, guess, hypothesis, passage, passage of a bill, postulation, premise, suspicion), förmodan (conjecture, surmise). (various references) sanı (assumption, esteem, guess, hallucination, thought), zan (presumption), varsayım (conjecture, guess, guesswork, hypothesis), tahmin (approximation, calculation, conjecture, divination, estimate, estimation, forecast, guess, judgement, outlook, prediction, presumption, presupposition, prognostication, prophecy, shot, speculation, surmise), faraziye. (various references) гіпотеза (hypothesis), припущення (admission, assumption, calculation, conjecture, guess, hypothesis, inference, perhaps, presumption, presupposition, subaudition, suppose, surmise, theory). (various references) sự giải thiết, sự giả định giả thuyết, ức thuyết. (various references) tybiaeth (assumption), atosodiad. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | hypothesis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "supposition": suppositional, suppositions. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "supposition": presupposition. (additional references) | |
Words containing "supposition": presuppositional, presuppositions. (additional references) | |
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"Supposition" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: suposition, suppositoin, suppositon, suppostion. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "supposition" (pronounced su'puzi"shun) |
| 7 | -p u z i" sh u n | composition, deposition, disposition, exposition, imposition, juxtaposition, opposition, position, predisposition, presupposition, proposition, reimposition, reposition. |
| 6 | -u z i" sh u n | acquisition, inquisition, physician, requisition. |
| 5 | -z i" sh u n | decomposition, musician, transition. |
| 4 | -i" sh u n | abolition, academician, addition, admission, admonition, ambition, ammunition, apparition, attrition, audition, clinician, coalition, cognition, commission, competition, condition, contrition, decommission, definition, demolition, dentition, dietitian, edition, electrician, emission, erudition, exhibition, expedition, extradition, fission, fruition, geriatrician, ignition, inhibition, intermission, intuition, logician, magician, malnutrition, mathematician, mission, mortician, munition, nutrition, obstetrician, omission, optician, partition, patrician, pediatrician, permission, petition, politician, precondition, preignition, premonition, prohibition, recognition, recondition, redefinition, remission, rendition, repetition, retransmission, rhetorician, sedition, statistician, submission, superstition, suspicion, tactician, technician, theoretician, titian, tradition, transmission, tuition, volition. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abomination, abortion, abrogation, absolution, absorption, abstraction, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoption, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, auction, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, convection, convention, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decompression, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depletion, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, diction, differentiation, diffraction, digression, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, discoloration, disconnection, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinfection, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, education, egyptian, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emotion, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erection, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, eviction, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaction, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extinction, extortion, extraction, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, faction, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, fiction, figuration, filtration, fixation, flexion, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fraction, fragmentation, freshen, friction, frustration, fumigation, function, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, induction, industrialization, infarction, infatuation, infection, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, inflection, infliction, information, infraction, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, injection, injunction, innovation, inoculation, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspection, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instruction, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, insurrection, integration, intensification, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intersection, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, introduction, introspection, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, junction, jurisdiction, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liposuction, liquefaction, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, lotion, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malfunction, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, midsection, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonfiction, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obsession, obstruction, occupation, ocean, operation, oppression, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, passion, pasteurization, penetration, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, possession, potion, precaution, precession, precipitation, preconception, predestination, prediction, predilection, preelection, preemption, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, production, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, projection, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, propulsion, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protection, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaction, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recollection, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, reconstruction, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, replication, repossession, representation, repression, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, restriction, resumption, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retraction, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secession, secretion, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subscription, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, subtraction, suburbanization, succession, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, suppression, suspension, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, titillation, toleration, traction, transaction, transcription, transection, transformation, transgression, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-i-n-o-o-p-p-s-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: positions. | |
-3 letters: position, spinouts, topspins. | |
-4 letters: isospin, options, outsins, pistons, poisons, postins, potions, spinous, spinout, spintos, sunspot, topspin, unstops. | |
-5 letters: inputs, insist, opsins, option, outsin, pinots, pintos, pinups, pipits, piston, pitons, points, poison, posits, postin, potion, ptosis, puntos, putons, situps, snoops, snoots, snouts, spinto, spoons, spouts, stoops, stoups, suints, tossup, unstop, uptoss. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-i-n-o-o-p-p-s-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: suppositions. | |
+2 letters: superposition, suppositional. | |
+3 letters: presupposition, propitiousness, superpositions. | |
+4 letters: presuppositions, superimposition. | |
+5 letters: presuppositional, propitiousnesses, superimpositions. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Historic 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Quotations: Speeches | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Translations: Ancient 14. Derivations 15. Rhymes 16. Anagrams | 17. Bibliography |
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