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supposing en · CCONJ

Pronunciation

  • /səˈpəʊzɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /səˈpoʊzɪŋ/ (General-American)

Meanings

  1. if hypothetically (optionally followed by that)
    • 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! 2013, Flora Annie Steel, “The Three Sillies”, in English Fairy Tales:
    • Let’s go swimming in the lake. - Supposing there are/were 'gators.

Deriveds

supposingly

Translations (7)

pl o ile (if hypothetically) · bg в случай че (if hypothetically) · vi giá sử (if hypothetically) · pl jeśli (if hypothetically) · pl zakładając, że (if hypothetically) · vi giả sử (if hypothetically) · pl jeżeli (if hypothetically)

supposing en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /səˈpəʊzɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /səˈpoʊzɪŋ/ (General-American)

Meanings

  1. The act of making a supposition.
    • 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. 1837, The Dublin University Magazine:

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supposing en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /səˈpəʊzɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /səˈpoʊzɪŋ/ (General-American)

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of suppose
    form of suppose