All 6 Uses of
supposition
in
David Copperfield
- As I was already much attached to Mr. Dick, and very solicitous for his welfare, my fears favoured this supposition; and for a long time his Wednesday hardly ever came round, without my entertaining a misgiving that he would not be on the coach-box as usual.†
Chpt 16-18 *
- 'Is that what you found your supposition on, Mrs. Crupp?' said I. 'Sir,' said Mrs. Crupp, in a tone approaching to severity, 'I've laundressed other young gentlemen besides yourself.†
Chpt 25-27
- Supposing then, for instance — any unlikely thing will do for a supposition — that you and your mother were to have a serious quarrel.'†
Chpt 28-30
- 'My dear Rosa,' interposed Mrs. Steerforth, laughing good-naturedly, 'suggest some other supposition!†
Chpt 28-30
- I could not conceal from myself that I had done this, though for a reason very different from her supposition.†
Chpt 31-33
- The cause of the late change in you, which I have seen with so much pain and sorrow, and have sometimes referred to my old apprehension — at other times to lingering suppositions nearer to the truth — has been made clear tonight; and by an accident I have also come to know, tonight, the full measure of your noble trust in me, even under that mistake.†
Chpt 43-45
Definition:
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(supposition) something supposed (rather than something known to be so) -- such as a disputed belief or assumption