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..
were supposing
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past progressiveof suppose.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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“I and the other photographers on the boat were supposing he was going to make a kick-out, and that’s what he did. So I pushed the button.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2024
We see that while many were supposing things establish'd and completed, really the grandest things always remain; and discover that the work of the New World is not ended, but only fairly begun.
From Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Walt Whitman
"Oh, have you no curiosity yourself—especially about who your parents were; supposing you didn't know?"
From Simon by J. Storer (Joseph Storer) Clouston
"Certainly they were; supposing there were to be doubts raised as to the validity of your marriage or the legitimacy of your child?"
From The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas père
It is true that there is little enough of any such mental activity directed to the instructive uses we were supposing.
From An Essay on the Evils of Popular Ignorance by John Foster
