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Definition of "supposing" []

  • Assuming that: Supposing we're right, what should we do? (conjunction)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "supposing" in a sentence
  • "‘Well, supposing that’s so, ’ said Levin, though he did not suppose so at all, ‘supposing that is so, still I don’t see, all the same, what I’m to worry myself about it for."
  • ""Indeed," said mamma, "and supposing, just _supposing_ Miss Ellis couldn't come too, would it spoil your pleasure very much?""
  • "Until you present such a theory any 'supposing' is pointless."