suspicion
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2.3
- noun
- /səˈspɪʃən/
:
sospecha
- "I could order tests," he told Grace, "but my suspicion is it's arthritis, lack of exercise, old age."
- reasonable suspicion
- clinical suspicion
In fact, I have a suspicion that most honeymoons are not fun.
- In fact, I have a suspicion that most honeymoons are not fun.
- But I have a suspicion about where the response comes from.
- A lot of things are falling into place with a suspicion that's not just sneaking up on us.
- So Castro is telling this, Lagrosse tells the archaeologist about that, and they don't have any suspicion about it either.
- So my suspicion is, and I'm, I'm I'm just guessing, so this is tenuous.
- And the reason I was so angry that I just, you know, I had suspicions that my loss was not just the result of my bad play.
- My own suspicion is that the universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose.
- And he has research that shows, that confirms the suspicion that we all have that we're much better at giving other people advice than we are giving ourselves advice, right?
- From there, my my suspicions grew.
- I, I think that there's a suspicion that men with younger children, it's not natural.
Examples
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I'd review the autopsy report to confirm your suspicion.
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After hearing the rumors, I started to have a suspicion that something was wrong at work.
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But I have a suspicion about where the response comes from.
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But I did not go there without a great deal of suspicion and doubt.
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I had a suspicion, and you just confirmed it.
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But then my suspicion grew after I heard you two talking last night.
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Did she have the same terrible suspicion that was building in my mind?
Fiction book (1995) -
And I have a suspicion that he includes you and the girls among his possessions.
Fiction book (1992) -
In fact, I have a suspicion that most honeymoons are not fun.
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A sickening suspicion began to form in the pit of his stomach.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
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1.1
A feeling that something is true even without proof
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4.8
A guess or idea made without enough proof
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4.7
A guess based on a feeling rather than facts
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4.0
A feeling of not trusting someone or something
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5.1
A small quiet feeling that something bad may be true
Antonyms
Compounds
How Certain
- Literature
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3.4
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1.1
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2.3
159
4.7
33
6.1
296
4.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Suspicion comes from a Latin root meaning 'to look', like in inspect, so a suspicion is a feeling you form by 'looking' at small signs when you do not have certain proof.