What does suspecting mean?
Word: Suspecting
Part of Speech: Verb (present participle of suspect)
Meaning: Suspecting means thinking that something may be true, often something unwelcome, without being sure.
Synonyms: doubting, guessing
Antonyms: trusting
How do you spell suspecting?
Syllables: sus - pect - ing
Tricky part: The c before the t is where students slip: they write suspeckting with a k, or suspeting with no c at all.
Watch out for: suspeting, suspeckting, susspecting, suspectting
Memory tip: Spect means look, as in spectacles: put su in front, then add ing, with just one s between the u and the p.
Suspecting in a sentence
Example 1: The fox kept well away from the trap, suspecting a trick.
Example 2: The guard was right in suspecting that the side gate had been left open.
Example 3: Nobody was suspecting a power cut until the fans slowed down.
Fun Fact
The noun suspicion and the verb suspect come from the same Latin verb, suspicere, to look up at, yet one is spelt with ci and the other with ct.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Not suspecting that the monsoon would arrive a week early, the farmers in our village left their freshly cut hay out in the feilds overnight.
a) monsoon
b) feilds
c) village
d) suspecting
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b) feilds. Field follows i before e, like shield and yield.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence and choose the word they make:
Without gscpeintsu a thing, Meera opened the door to find all her cousins.
a) suspending
b) respecting
c) suspecting
d) inspecting
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c) suspecting. Inspecting needs a second i and n, respecting an r, and suspending a d and a second n.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word 'suspecting' as used in the sentence:
Suspecting that the milk had gone sour, Dadi smelt it before pouring it into the tea.
a) ignoring
b) welcoming
c) forgetting
d) sensing
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d) sensing. She sensed something might be wrong, so she checked; ignoring would mean she did nothing.
Spell-o-Spell
Three of these words are spelt correctly. Choose the meaning of the misspelt word:
1. wondering 2. suspecting 3. doubtfull 4. guessing
a) asking oneself about something
b) giving an answer without knowing
c) feeling that something may be so
d) not sure about something
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d) not sure about something. Doubtful ends in ful with one l, and it keeps the silent b of doubt.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. If you are suspecting a surprise, you ____.
a) have already seen it
b) are sure there is none
c) think one may be coming
d) planned it yourself
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c) think one may be coming
2. Which sentence uses suspecting correctly?
a) He kept suspecting his maths homework.
b) Suspecting the cake, we ate it all up.
c) Suspecting rain, Dadi took in the washing.
d) She was suspecting the bus at the stop.
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c) Suspecting rain, Dadi took in the washing.
