Supposing

//səˈpoʊzɪŋ// conj, noun, verb

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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."

Synonyms

allowing that although as if as though assuming that assumption

Example

"Supposing war broke out, what would you do?"

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