Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

supposing

/səˈpoʊzɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.98 in modern English

Syllables: sup-pos-ing
IPA: /səˈpoʊzɪŋ/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of suppose

noun

The act of making a supposition.

conj

if hypothetically (optionally followed by that)

Example Sentences

"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."
"Let’s go swimming in the lake. - Supposing there are/were 'gators."
"Supposing our daughter was to marry her sweetheart, and supposing they was to have a son, and supposing he was to grow to man’s estate, and supposing he was to come down to draw cider like as we’re doing, and supposing that there mallet was to fall on his head and kill him, how dreadful it would be!"

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /səˈpoʊzɪŋ/
British English: /səˈpəʊzɪŋ/

Inflected Forms

supposings (plural)

Derived Forms

supposingly

Rhymes With

closing opposing exposing imposing posing proposing composing disclosing disposing enclosing decomposing dozing

Questions

How do you pronounce supposing?: The recorded pronunciation is /səˈpoʊzɪŋ/.
What does supposing mean?: present participle and gerund of suppose

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