0 present participle of suppose --
1 to think that something is likely to be true: --
[ + (that) ] I don't agree with it, but I suppose (that) it's for the best.
"Can I go out tonight?" "Oh, I suppose so."
I suppose (that) you think that's funny. Well, I certainly don't.
I suppose (that) you're going to be late again.
Her new book is supposed to be (= generally people think it is) very good.
[ + to infinitive ] We all supposed him to be German, but in fact he was Swiss.
It is widely supposed (that) the CEO will be forced to resign.
[ + (that) ] Do you suppose (that) Gillian will marry him?
He found it a lot more difficult to get a job than he supposed it would be.
[ + (that) ] Dan didn't answer his phone, so I suppose (that) he's busy.
2 to expect and need: --
I am supposing that they would acknowledge that they would be better off with economic development, but still prefer equality.
It is, however, natural to conjecture that without supposing injectivity the dynamics still consists of attracting periodic orbits.
But then my contention that one thereby acquires an overriding reason for supposing that not not-p would be unclear at best.
Supposing that we have already made the pieces and the board, there will still be decisions to be made about the rules.
This point warrants further exploration by the authors if they wish to retain their strong position of supposing that visual details are never internalised.
Moreover, the conflation can be explained without supposing that the term is ambiguous.
This fact is best explained, we said, by supposing that there is a common property visually represented.
So, supposing that participants under the natural-law approach must "look directly to moral theory," what is the problem with it?
