PRESUPPOSE

[verb] - to think that (something) is true in advance without having any proof, or (formal) to have (something) as a necessary condition for being true or possibleYou're presupposing that he'll have told her - but he may not have. [+ that clause](formal) Investigative journalism presupposes some level of investigation. [T](formal) All this presupposes that he'll get the job he wants. [+ that clause]