n.: hypothesis, on the supposition that..., supposing that, suppose that, Let it be supposed that, let ussay (=say), grant(ing) that ...(=granted that ...), G-that ..., given that, supposition, allegedly, subsumption, thing accepted as true or as sure to happen, but not proved, postulation, postulate, presumption, presuming sth to be true or the case, fiction, as an example or a possibility
v.: as true before there is proof, thing assumed to be true, or accepted as a basis for reasoningor calculation, for granted, think, assume, suppose, assume, supposed, suppose, posit, hypothesize, take