presuppose
verb (used with object)
to suppose or assume beforehand; take for granted in advance.
had presupposed
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past perfectof presuppose.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The postwar social contract had presupposed conditions that, in 1979, no longer existed: industrial dominance, a strong dollar, capital controls and, above all, cheap energy.
From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2020
It contradicts all that they had presupposed of the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was here that the opposite of the hypothesis which I had presupposed suggested itself to me with surprising force.
From Psychology and Industrial Efficiency by Hugo Münsterberg
But, to his amazement, all that he had presupposed and had feared proved a timorous, fantastic fiction.
From Yama: the pit by Bernard Guilbert Guerney
But, as Billy had presupposed, it was the very danger which lured the fugitive.
From The Seventh Man by Max Brand
