Presupuse

Presupuse is the feminine plural form of the Romanian adjective presupus, the past participle of the verb a presupune, meaning to assume or to suppose. It denotes something that is assumed or presumed for the purposes of discussion, analysis, or planning. The form is used to modify feminine plural nouns, for example condițiile presupuse (the assumed conditions) and ipotezele presupuse (the presumed hypotheses).

In formal Romanian writing, presupuse appears to indicate elements that are taken for granted within a given context. It can describe conditions, facts, or hypotheses that underpin an argument or study, without asserting their proven status. Examples include condițiile presupuse, ipotezele presupuse, and faptele presupuse (the presumed facts). Grammatically, presupuse agrees with feminine plural nouns and can appear in attributive position before a noun or in predicative constructions with a copula, depending on sentence structure.

Etymology and related forms: the word comes from the verb a presupune. Its masculine singular form is presupus, and the feminine plural form presupuse is one of several inflected forms that align with Romanian gender and number rules. Related terms include presupunere (an assumption or presupposition) and the verb a presupune itself, which encompasses the sense of conjecture or tentative supposition used in reasoning and planning.