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 supposed
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present perfectof suppose.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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“Who could have supposed when Mr. Jefferson went out of office,” mourned North Carolina senator Nathaniel Macon in 1818, “that his principles...would so soon have become unfashionable?”
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
The new control measures, undertaken in September of 1949, were carefully planned, and few people would have supposed that any harm could result.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 3, 2017
Whether you are discussing religion, nationality, race or culture, people have supposed that an identity that survives through time and space must be propelled by some potent common essence.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 9, 2016
“We are not the basketball school that some people might have supposed over the past several years,” Fentress said.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2015
The new control measures undertaken in 1949 were carefully planned and few people would have supposed any harm could result.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
