Supposing
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /səˈpoʊzɪŋ/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Supposing is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of suppose.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of suppose.
More Meanings
- The act of making a supposition.
- if hypothetically (optionally followed by that)
Example Sentences
Let’s go swimming in the lake. - Supposing there are/were 'gators.
She could have joined most comfortably in all their supposings, and suspicions, and doubts, and prognostications, but the honour of the family was too nearly concerned to allow free reins to her tongue.
Supposing our daughter was to marry her sweetheart, and supposing they was to have a son, and supposing he was to grow to man’s estate, and supposing he was to come down to draw cider like as we’re doing, and supposing that there mallet was to fall on his head and kill him, how dreadful it would be!
Word Forms
- supposings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include conjecture, hypothesize, guess, speculate, think, theorize.
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