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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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
Sadie was sick; had been sick enough to awaken many anxious fears; sick enough for Ester to discover what a desolate house theirs would have been, supposing her merry music had been hushed forever.
From Ester Ried by Pansy
It may be curious to observe, in the case that we have been supposing, how some of the laws which at present govern civilized society, would be successively dictated by the most imperious necessity.
From An Essay on the Principle of Population by T. R. (Thomas Robert) Malthus
I have been supposing, as one always does, that you "ran in" to the Putnams' every hour or so, and likewise they to No. 12.
From The Letters of William James, Vol. II by William James
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
