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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In the case we are supposing, however, we will imagine that the teacher does not do this.
From The Teacher by Jacob Abbott
Previous to being enlightened by such an enlarged view of the whole facts, it would thus be a rash and unphilosophical thing in the reasoner whose existence we are supposing to pronounce an unfavorable opinion.
From The Fallen Star, or, the History of a False Religion by E.L. Bulwer; And, A Dissertation on the Origin of Evil by Lord Brougham by Brougham and Vaux, Henry Peter Brougham, Baron
F. And you are supposing a general increase of crowns, without a corresponding increase of things, the exchange of which is facilitated by these crowns.
From Essays on Political Economy by Frédéric Bastiat
"We are supposing that Monseigneur, in whose presence I have the honor to be, is the true dauphin."
From Lazarre by Mary Hartwell Catherwood
We are supposing three courses open to Destiny.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by William Frend De Morgan
