Слово англійською: suspect

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Переклад suspect українською: підо́зрювати кого́, передчува́ти

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suspect

verb
/səˈspekt/
not used in the progressive tenses
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they suspect
/səˈspekt/
he / she / it suspects
/səˈspekts/
past simple suspected
/səˈspektɪd/
past participle suspected
/səˈspektɪd/
-ing form suspecting
/səˈspektɪŋ/
  1. [transitive, intransitive] to have an idea that something is probably true or likely to happen, especially something bad, but without having definite proof
    • As I had suspected all along, he was not a real policeman.
    • suspect something If you suspect a gas leak, do not strike a match or even turn on an electric light.
    • Suspecting nothing, he walked right into the trap.
    • I didn’t want the neighbours suspecting anything.
    • suspect (that)… I began to suspect (that) they were trying to get rid of me.
    • I strongly suspect (that) this whole story is fictional.
    • She had no reason to suspect (that) Sylvia had not been telling the truth.
    • I suspect (that) she might be lying.
    • it is suspected that… It was suspected that the drugs had been brought into the country by boat.
    • suspect somebody/something to be/have something She suspected him to be an impostor.
  2. [transitive] to have an idea that somebody is guilty of something, without having definite proof
    • suspect somebody/something of something He resigned after being suspected of theft.
    • He is not suspected of any involvement in the recent attacks.
    • He was wrongly suspected of the crime.
    • They arrested four men suspected of links to an extremist group.
    • suspect somebody/something of doing something I suspected her of damaging the equipment.
    • The drug is suspected of causing over 200 deaths.
    • suspect somebody/something Whom do the police suspect?
  3. [transitive] suspect something to feel that something is not completely right, legal or honest, without having any proof; to not trust something
    • I suspected her motives in offering to help.
    • He dealt through a broker whose honesty he had no reason to suspect.
  4. Word OriginMiddle English (originally as an adjective): from Latin suspectus ‘mistrusted’, past participle of suspicere, from sub- ‘from below’ + specere ‘to look’.
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