suspect
imagine to be the case or true or probable
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,395 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,162 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- imagine to be the case or true or probable also: surmise I suspect he is a fugitiveI surmised that the butler did it
- regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in also: distrust, mistrust
- hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks
noun
- someone who is under suspicion
- a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused also: defendant
adjective
- not as expected also: fishy, funny, shady, suspicious there was something fishy about the accidentup to some funny business
suspect in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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I don't suspect dat dey will do nuffin to-day.
With Lee in Virginia · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 2
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You know all that--and you only suspect I am tired of her.
Man and Wife · Wilkie Collins · Chapter 1
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This was enough to cause the Princess to suspect that her lover had returned.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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The house is all ready--you know where--and never a soul in all the world would suspect.
The City of Fire · Grace Livingston Hill · Chapter 1
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Calm, silence, the constant exercise of all the faculties of the intellect, have charms which the vulgar can never suspect.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1