to suspect
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3.6
- verb
- /səˈspɛkt/
:
sospechar (que)
- She had no concrete proof, but she began to suspect that the project would fail.
- reason to suspect
- begin to suspect
- people suspect
Even Twilight fans, I suspect, will find themselves bored of this.
- Even Twilight fans, I suspect, will find themselves bored of this.
- Few cars in this world sound better, I suspect, than this one.
- Yeah, I suspect these more than gets reported on.
- But you sort of suspect that it, it probably wouldn't work.
- The way to find out is to go where you would suspect the uprights to be.
- Well, people would buy bonds if they potentially suspect that inflation is going to go down.
- It does not have adaptive cruise control, I suspect because of the manual transmission.
- However, from ACPU performance standpoint, I shouldn't suspect that would change very much.
- But I'm, I suspect you will say that this book will help a lot with that.
- Like at some point I suspect the universe is some kind of a puzzle.
- This may really come up if you were to tell them that you suspect that they are narcissistic.
- I do not know the rules and laws of their society, but I suspect they were singularly few.
- So if we're, if it's more energetically demanding, then I suspect that there is a function to it.
- Nobody's going to tell me because we're all ashamed, but I suspect so.
- We have just we suspect we have had suspicion.
Examples
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I suspect not for long.
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Most of us already suspect that subterranean life drives our sexual and romantic desires.
Academic text (2011) -
And so I, I suspect this will not go through.
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Few cars in this world sound better, I suspect, than this one.
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All the more reason to suspect you.
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All of us have suspected that there might be more to the site.
Academic text (2011) -
I suspect that's the key.
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I suspect we'll go home empty-handed.
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His smiles always disarmed her, and she suspected that he knew it quite well.
Fiction book (1990) -
As the investigation progressed, I started to suspect that he was not telling the truth.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To think something is likely without being sure
∞
2.7
To think something is true without clear proof
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1.5
To think something is true without clear proof
254
4.8
To think about possible reasons or outcomes when there are not enough facts
136
4.9
To suppose something is true without proof
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7.6
To guess that something is true without enough evidence
7
7.6
To form an opinion without enough proof
Antonyms
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How Certain
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Etymology
Suspect comes from the Latin parts sub- ('under') and specere ('to look'), which carries the idea of watching or doubting quietly. So to suspect something is to think it may be true or likely even when you do not have definite proof.