suspecting Значение & определение

Значение на suspecting на български

• 0 present participle of suspect

• 1 to think or believe something to be true or probable:

  • So far, the police do not suspect foul play.

  • [ + (that) ] We had no reason to suspect (that) he might try to kill himself.

  • "Do you think she'll have told them?" "I suspect not/so."

• 2 to think that someone has committed a crime or done something wrong:

  • No one knows who killed her, but the police suspect her husband.

  • The police suspect him of carrying out two bomb attacks.

  • Three suspected terrorists have been arrested.

• 3 to not trust; to doubt:

  • I have no reason to suspect her honesty/loyalty.

  • We suspected his motives in making his offer.