olettaa

Etymology
&mdash; therefore, literally “to cause to exist”. . In the folk language, meanings like "to order, command" can be found in Western Finnish and "to put on airs" in Savonia.

Verb

 * 1) to assume, suppose, presuppose
 * 2)  to premise, postulate
 * 3) to hypothesize in empiric research

Usage notes

 * has a slight sense of believing something with thoughts that it could not even be untrue. has, on the other hand, a slight sense that the speaker believes something, but still leaves some room for other possibilities about the state of affairs.  also has a more formal nuance than  and thus it is often translated into English as "".