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Meaning suppose meaning

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Definitions in simple English

suppose Verb

— When you suppose something, you guess that it is true. What do you suppose that he will do? I suppose he'll come back. He always does. I know I can't do it, but I suppose it's possible. "You've been here about an hour, I suppose." "That's right." Do you suppose that was his plan from the beginning? — You use I suppose to show that you agree weakly with something. "Did she know Paul pretty well?" "I suppose so." — You use I don't suppose to ask a question, especially when you think the answer is no. I don't suppose you remember me? — You use suppose to talk about an imaginary situation. Suppose, for example, that there was nothing there. Then what would you do?

suppose

— verb (= say) express a supposition Let us say that he did not tell the truth Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do? — verb (= think, imagine, guess) expect, believe, or suppose I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel I thought to find her in a bad state he didn't think to find her in the kitchen I guess she is angry at me for standing her up — verb to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps — verb (= presuppose) require as a necessary antecedent or precondition This step presupposes two prior ones — verb (= presuppose) take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand I presuppose that you have done your work

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Topics suppose topics

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Language and thought Think Mind

Imagine
Language and thought Think Learn

Guess
Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Epistemic moods Unsure

Think so

Conjugation suppose conjugation

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Examples suppose examples

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Simple sentences

I suppose he's gone home.
I suppose you want me to tell Tom what happened.
I suppose I'll have to be more careful in the future.
I suppose you think I'm rich.
I don't suppose you'd let us talk to Tom?
I suppose that you speak French.
I suppose it's different when you think about it over the long term.
I suppose that behind each thing we have to do, there's something we want to do.
I suppose you're hungry.
Where do you suppose you'll spend your vacation?
I don't suppose it's going to rain.
Suppose it were true, what would you do?
Suppose it rains tomorrow, shall we still go on the picnic?
Let's suppose it's true.
I suppose so.
That person has had an odd grin on his face for a while. What do you suppose is behind it?
I suppose I'll be in trouble if I don't stay up all night to cram for the examination.
I don't remember exactly, but I suppose it was Friday last week.
Suppose you had ten million yen, what would you do?
I suppose you could say that.
Suppose you had a thousand dollars, what would you do with it?
Do you suppose it will rain today?

Movie subtitles

I suppose you did it for my sake.
We're sending transmissions out into the cosmos, but suppose we detect a signal from an alien civilisation.
What am I suppose to do?
I don't suppose you could bring a friend.
I suppose so.
But then, Evan loved being Father Christmas, I suppose.
I suppose because it's better that we all concentrate on doing what's best for Susan, and for you.
He's never been well-off, but I suppose that's part of having a vocation.
I suppose the day will come when we've told one another everything and we won't have anything new to say because one way or another we've shared everything that matters.
Mine, I suppose.
All right, I suppose I'll stay here with her.
I'll bunk down in one of the cells, I suppose.
Well, I suppose it would be informative.
Right, well, I'll attend the lecture then, I suppose.
I suppose you're an arabophobe?
Suppose he's in love with her.
On average, I suppose our life span is about 10 times that of the average person.
I was also planning to ask you for your help in decoding this, but I suppose that won't happen now.
Suppose it's yours. - You want to swap mine for his?
I suppose so. - Darn right!
And suppose no one here took it?
Suppose there is no house next door?
Suppose you go rustle another one.
I suppose a prairie dog shot that hole through your saddle and into your horse, eh?
Why do you suppose I grubstaked you for, eh?
I suppose I got no right to ask you, Joe.
I suppose I haven't got the right.
Suppose we don't want to stay?
I suppose my husband has told you everything Well, it's all your fault that I'm in this desperate situation Why did you come to my house at all if you merely wanted to tell me that you did not love me?
Well, well, I suppose light creates shadows.
Suppose George Washington's soldiers had asked for money? Where would this country be today?
Suppose I have a little plan that'll take care of both of us.
Suppose I invite Mrs. Potter and Polly to take supper with me tonight?
Suppose I flirt with them and they come to my room. Then what?
Suppose you were out horseback riding. and you came to that stream and wanted to ford over.
And he is dreaming, I suppose. of following in the footsteps of Goethe and Schiller. and I hope he will.

News and current affairs

Suppose that - as seems to be the case - the simple Keynesian government-expenditure multiplier on this spending is only two.
Suppose that we levy a small tax on existing coal power plants in order to pay for the solar subsidy, and then gradually raise consumers' electricity bills as more and more solar plants are phased in.
Suppose, further, that by 2030 the transition to a low-carbon economy is halfway completed.
But suppose that the reason that no Palestinians and Israelis willing to conclude such a deal have emerged is that the solution itself is domestically unsupportable on both sides.
Suppose that as long as a version of this deal is the only game in town, the creeping physical expansion of the Israeli state and the demographic expansion of Israeli Arabs will continue to erode its foundation.
Suppose all this happens, what will happen to the dollar?
But suppose a two-state solution were achieved in the not-too-remote future.
Suppose that a tsunami as destructive as the one in the Indian Ocean last year occurs on average once a century and kills 250,000 people.
Suppose that the vulnerabilities piling up in the US mortgage market - right under the IMF's Washington-headquartered nose - had taken place in a developing country.
Suppose that the Argentine government issued perpetual bonds that paid an annual dividend equal to one ten-billionth of Argentine GDP, payable in pesos.
But suppose we try to define the attacks of September 11, 2001, as terrorism by using the following formula: a violent, organized, and public attack by private parties on other civilians, without guilt, regardless of the justice of the cause.
And painful experience tells us that economic agents may not behave as the models suppose they will.
Contrary to what many critics suppose, mainstream economists do not assume that these ideal conditions are always present.
Let's suppose the Fed raises interest rates to 0.25 basis points at its December meeting, trying its best to send a soothing message to markets.
Suppose that 100,000 screenings are conducted.
But consider another possibility: suppose that the financial regulator is mistaken in its approach to a particular issue.
Suppose it was divided into independent political units of two million people each. That would mean 3,000 micro-states, each refusing to accept any sovereignty superior to its own.
Suppose it was divided into independent political units of two million people each.
Suppose you had placed a long-term bet on financial equities in 1900, along with a short bet on general equities - in effect a gamble on whether the UK financial sector would outperform the market.

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