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SUSPECTED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Believed likely
Example:
a suspected infection
Classified under:
Antonym:
unsuspected (not suspected or believed likely)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb suspect
Context examples:
We got away with the gold, became wealthy men, and made our way over to England without being suspected.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
You should not have suspected me now; the case is so different, and my age is so different.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
Scientists have suspected that infants’ gut microbiota could influence how their immune systems develop.
(Infant gut microbes linked to allergy, asthma risk, NIH)
Scientists had suspected that oxidative stress might contribute to the degeneration of the optic nerve, but until now lacked evidence.
(Glaucoma-related genes revealed, NIH)
He said nothing, but he had caught me once with his keys, and I think that he suspected.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Willoughby certainly does not deserve to be suspected.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
These compounds are found in various foods and many are carcinogenic or are suspected carcinogens.
(Carcinogenic Nitrosamine, NCI Thesaurus)
He remembered afterwards that his packing had preceded the master's disappearance; but at the time he suspected nothing.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
They suspected that the short, high frequency electrical waves seen in ripples may somehow be involved.
(Our brains may ripple before remembering, National Institutes of Health)
He smelled around the stuffed man as if he suspected there might be a nest of rats in the straw, and he often growled in an unfriendly way at the Scarecrow.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
