Supposing
/səˈpoʊzɪŋ/ conj, noun, verb
conj, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of making a supposition.
"She could have joined most comfortably in all their supposings, and suspicions, and doubts, and prognostications, but the honour of the family was too nearly concerned to allow free reins to her tongue."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of suppose form-of, gerund, participle, present
Conjunction
- 1 if hypothetically (optionally followed by that)
"Let’s go swimming in the lake. - Supposing there are/were 'gators."
Example
More examples"Supposing war broke out, what would you do?"