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- [verb suh-spekt; noun suhs-pekt; adjective suhs-pekt, suh-spekt]
- /verb səˈspɛkt; noun ˈsʌs pɛkt; adjective ˈsʌs pɛkt, səˈspɛkt/
- /səˈspekt/
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- [verb suh-spekt; noun suhs-pekt; adjective suhs-pekt, suh-spekt]
- /verb səˈspɛkt; noun ˈsʌs pɛkt; adjective ˈsʌs pɛkt, səˈspɛkt/
Definitions of suspect word
- verb with object suspect to believe to be guilty, false, counterfeit, undesirable, defective, bad, etc., with little or no proof: to suspect a person of murder. 1
- verb with object suspect to doubt or mistrust: I suspect his motives. 1
- verb with object suspect to believe to be the case or to be likely or probable; surmise: I suspect his knowledge did not amount to much. 1
- verb with object suspect to have some hint or foreknowledge of: I think she suspected the surprise. 1
- verb without object suspect to believe something, especially something evil or wrong, to be the case; have suspicion. 1
- noun suspect a person who is suspected, especially one suspected of a crime, offense, or the like. 1
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Origin of suspect
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English (adj.) < Latin suspectāre, equivalent to su- su- + spectāre, frequentative of specere to look at
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Parts of speech for Suspect
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suspect popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
suspect usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for suspect
verb suspect
- accounted — an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
- apperceive — to be aware of perceiving
- assume — If you assume that something is true, you imagine that it is true, sometimes wrongly.
- bargain on — to rely or depend on (something)
- believe — If you believe that something is true, you think that it is true, but you are not sure.
adj suspect
- alleged — An alleged fact has been stated but has not been proved to be true.
- at issue — The question or point at issue is the question or point that is being argued about or discussed.
- beta — the second letter in the Greek alphabet (Β, β), a consonant, transliterated as b
- clear as mud — not at all clear
- cockamamie — If you describe something as cockamamie, you mean that it is ridiculous or silly.
noun suspect
- appellant — An appellant is someone who is appealing against a court's decision after they have been judged guilty of a crime.
- defendant — A defendant is a person who has been accused of breaking the law and is being tried in court.
- litigant — a person engaged in a lawsuit.
- accused — You can use the accused to refer to a person or a group of people charged with a crime or on trial for it.
- gaolbird — Alternative spelling of jailbird.
adjective suspect
- amphibological — (rare) of doubtful meaning, ambiguous, quibbling.
- conjecturable — Able to be conjectured upon.
- debateable — Archaic spelling of debatable.
- dodgy — inclined to dodge.
- doubtable — (uncommon) Capable of being doubted; doubtful; dubious; dubitable. See usage notes below.
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