suppose
verb (used with object)
to assume (something) for the sake of argument, as part of a proposition or theory, a problem set to be solved as an exercise, etc..
am supposing
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present progressiveof suppose (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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First of all, I am supposing that you have not read the book.
From New York Times ● Nov. 5, 2017
The pale boy, who I am supposing is named Mr. Gideon, stops and tips his bowler.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
I am supposing now, in the following table, that all the conditions and facilities are such as are generally found in a first-class propagating house, with bottom heat, etc.:
From Your Plants Plain and Practical Directions for the Treatment of Tender and Hardy Plants in the House and in the Garden by James Sheehan
The large lawn space I am supposing stretches away a good distance from the house, and is bounded on the south and west by fine trees; away beyond that is all wild wood.
From Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur by Gertrude Jekyll
You are imagining a society as perverse and vitiated as the present: I am supposing one wholly the contrary.
From Anna St. Ives by Thomas Holcroft
