Decide and Suppose

Decide

Decide verb - To form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information.
Usage example: the commanding officer decided that the soldier was indeed telling the truth

Suppose and decide are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Suppose" instead a verb "Decide".

Nearby Words: decisive, decision, deciding, decider

Suppose

Suppose verb - To decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement.

Decide and suppose are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Decide" instead a verb "Suppose".

Common collocations

kind decide kind suppose kind
sort decide sort suppose sort
time decide time suppose time
way decide way suppose way
Other words: actions, whatever.

Both words in one sentence

  • Theatre / Oliver! Though it's up to the viewer to decide whether "oom-pah-pah" is meant to be alcohol, sex, or both.Nancy: They all suppose what they want to suppose, when they hear "oom-pah-pah"!
  • It's like this: Suppose you're writing a Noir-styled game, and you decide that a good puzzle would be to have our hero offer his lighter to the classy dame as a way to break the ice.
  • Suppose evil things from some other universe should decide to invade this one?
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