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..
are supposing
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present progressiveof suppose.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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The liberty which we are supposing may be most completely given to them in the form of such a power as is said to have been possessed by Gyges the ancestor of Croesus the Lydian.
From The Republic by Benjamin Jowett
Now we are supposing him to be in a telephone exchange, to be receiving messages, to be building up a world out of these messages.
From An Introduction to Philosophy by George Stuart Fullerton
It will be obvious that this routine is of a somewhat costly character, but we are supposing the plantation is to remain for many years, making an abundant return for the first investment.
From The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition by Sutton and Sons
For instance, in the case we are supposing, the witch-doctor might say next: “It is a girl that is sick,” whereas as a matter of fact it is a boy.
From The White Hecatomb And other Stories by W. C. (William Charles) Scully
Your estimate of her is practically worthless," he remarked, "because you are supposing her to be consistent, which you know is an impossibility.
From The Tree of Knowledge A Novel by Mrs. Baillie Reynolds
