suppose

To assume to be true or real for the sake of argument or explanation.

To believe, especially on uncertain or tentative grounds.

To consider to be probable or likely.

To imply as an antecedent condition; presuppose.

To consider as a suggestion.

To imagine; conjecture.

Supposition; presumption; conjecture; opinion.

To infer hypothetically; conceive a state of things, and dwell upon the idea (at least for a moment) with an inclination to believe it true, due to the agreement of its consequences with observed fact, but not free from doubt.

To make a hypothesis; formulate a proposition without reference to its being true or false, with a view of tracing out its consequences.