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Meaning of 'suspect'
Meaning of 'suspect' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Suspect 
[ a.]
- Suspicious; inspiring distrust. [ a.]- Suspected; distrusted.
- Suspicion.
- One who, or that which, is suspected; an object of suspicion; -- formerly applied to persons and things; now, only to persons suspected of crime.
2. Suspect [ v. i.]
- To imagine guilt; to have a suspicion or suspicions; to
be suspicious. [ v. i.]3. Suspect [ v. t.]
- To imagine to exist; to have a slight or vague opinion
of the existence of, without proof, and often upon weak evidence or no
evidence; to mistrust; to surmise; -- commonly used regarding something
unfavorable, hurtful, or wrong; as, to suspect the presence of disease. [ v. t.]- To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without proof; as, to suspect one of equivocation.
- To hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to distruct; as, to suspect the truth of a story.
- To look up to; to respect.
Meaning of 'suspect' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. suspect [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- imagine to be the case or true or probable
- imagine to be the case or true or probable
Example in sentence:
- I surmised that the butler did it;
- I suspect he is a fugitive
Meaning (2):
- hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty
- hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty
Example in sentence:
- The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks
2. suspect [ s]
[ s]Meaning (3):
- not as expected
- not as expected
Example in sentence:
- a shady deal;
- her motives were suspect;
- some definitely queer goings-on;
- suspicious behavior;
- there was something fishy about the accident;
- up to some funny business
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