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..
have been supposing
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present perfect progressiveof suppose.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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She was quite sure she was going to give back the sapphire to Harry, yet she couldn't help picturing to herself what her meeting with Kerr would have been, supposing she had decided differently.
From The Coast of Chance by Clarence F. Underwood
But what we have been supposing as to the engine is just what many men have done.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861 by Various
But I hope the sequel hasn't been prolonged, and have been supposing that, by the necessary quick departure of his "party," you will have been left independent again and not too exhausted.
From The Letters of Henry James (volume I) by Henry James
But, then again, the source may not be some mountain stream running off under the lava, as we have been supposing.
From The Boys of Crawford's Basin The Story of a Mountain Ranch in the Early Days of Colorado by Chase Emerson
Yes, so much as that—that she must have greatly annoyed him—I have been supposing.
From The Outcry by Henry James
