suspect
verb (used with object)
to believe to be guilty, false, counterfeit, undesirable, defective, bad, etc., with little or no proof.
has suspected
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present perfectof suspect (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Like virtually everyone else who watches tennis, Djokovic has suspected for a long time that Fonseca has the capacity to go to the top.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
Anyone who has suspected that there are more women than men where they live, or vice versa, will find fodder for their suspicions in new data from the U.S.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 15, 2023
In fact, Norway has suspected the Russian navy damaged its undersea fiber-optic cables earlier this year.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 4, 2022
Major-week Brooks: Koepka finally admitted what everyone else has suspected for a long time: He really doesn’t care about the non-majors.
From Golf Digest ● Jul. 16, 2019
But no one has suspected it; we have hidden it.'
From Sacred and Profane Love by Arnold Bennett
