Get to know Supposing better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Supposing meaning
present participle and gerund of suppose
Using Supposing
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of suppose
- In the example corpus, supposing often appears in combinations such as: supposing that, supposing it, but supposing.
Context around Supposing
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 11 start, 8 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 6 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Supposing
- In this selection, "supposing" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, weeks, viewer, conversely, law, natural and counter stand out and add context to how "supposing" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include but supposing law officers and contradiction in supposing that our. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "supposing" sits close to words such as abattoirs, abike and ablative, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with supposing
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Well, supposing they don’t mail them to Republican neighborhoods? (10 words)
Supposing Germany wished to honour some of their prominent Nazi war dead? (12 words)
But they make the mistake of supposing that the computational model of consciousness is somehow conscious. (16 words)
Giving it spin-2 symmetry could be a matter as simple as supposing counter-rotating vectors balance out due to a highly-random radiated virtual field-carrier handedness covering the complete set of planes including all lines passing through a source. (41 words)
And then I said supposing you brought the light inside the body, which you could do either through the skin or in some other way, and I think you said you were going to test that, too. (37 words)
Supposing I had gone to the country and said that Germany was rearming and we must rearm, does anybody think that this pacific democracy would have rallied to that cry at that moment! (33 words)
But supposing law officers ignore illegal weapons that then are used in a case similar to the New Mexico shootings? (20 words)
I doubt this thing would pass, but supposing it did…has anyone considered how blacks would be treated after winning such a ridiculous and unfair settlement? (26 words)
My point is that after two weeks, supposing a few new cases show up, those that test negative will be released? (21 words)
Supposing I had gone to the country and said that Germany was rearming and we must rearm, does anybody think that this pacific democracy would have rallied to that cry at that moment! (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
But supposing law officers ignore illegal weapons that then are used in a case similar to the New Mexico shootings?
I doubt this thing would pass, but supposing it did…has anyone considered how blacks would be treated after winning such a ridiculous and unfair settlement?
True, but not exhaustive, and supposing natural cycles of history will take us out of our current funk is likely a mistake, akin to fiddling while Rome burns.
And then I said supposing you brought the light inside the body, which you could do either through the skin or in some other way, and I think you said you were going to test that, too.
My point is that after two weeks, supposing a few new cases show up, those that test negative will be released?
Well, supposing they don’t mail them to Republican neighborhoods?
But clearly, there is no contradiction in supposing that our soul continues to exist and is joined to another body in an after-life.
Giving it spin-2 symmetry could be a matter as simple as supposing counter-rotating vectors balance out due to a highly-random radiated virtual field-carrier handedness covering the complete set of planes including all lines passing through a source.
Supposing Germany wished to honour some of their prominent Nazi war dead?
And based on how the back of the trunk lid tilts up I'm supposing that's a newer-generation Shelby.
Segawa employs just the right mix of mundane world and insanity to keep the viewer supposing what is actually going on.
Such an obligation does not exist and supposing it does is a basic flaw in the thinking of all socialists.
But they make the mistake of supposing that the computational model of consciousness is somehow conscious.
Conversely, supposing the existence of a regular icosahedron, lines defined by its six pairs of opposite vertices form an equiangular system.
If, supposing it turns out that the original Ship of Theseus, S1, was actually stolen property, and the rightful owner demands its return, should the police give him S2 or S3?
McTaggart "thought that Hegel was wrong in supposing that metaphysics could show that the state is more than a means to the good of the individuals who compose it".
Neschamic conceptions are nowise exempt from this criticism, for, even supposing them identical in any number of persons, their expression, being intellectual, will suffer the same stress as normal perceptions.
Supposing I had gone to the country and said that Germany was rearming and we must rearm, does anybody think that this pacific democracy would have rallied to that cry at that moment!
Supposing that an animator wants the beam size of the light to change smoothly from one value to another within a predefined period of time, that could be achieved by using key frames.
Supposing that the premises are both true (the dog will bark if it detects an intruder, and does indeed not bark), it follows that no intruder has been detected.
Common combinations with supposing
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- supposing that 8×
- supposing it 3×
- but supposing 2×
- and supposing 2×
- supposing they 2×
- in supposing 2×
- by supposing 2×