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suspect
English
Etymology
From Old French suspect, from Latin suspectus, perfect passive participle of suspici? (“mistrust, suspect”), from sub (“under”), + speci? (“watch, look at”).
Pronunciation
Adjective, noun
- enPR: s?s?p?kt, IPA(key): /?s?s.p?kt/
Verb
- enPR: s?s.p?kt?, IPA(key): /s?s?p?kt/
- Rhymes: -?kt
Verb
suspect (third-person singular simple present suspects, present participle suspecting, simple past and past participle suspected)
- (transitive) To imagine or suppose (something) to be true, or to exist, without proof.
- (transitive) To distrust or have doubts about (something or someone).
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Addison to this entry?)
- (transitive) To believe (someone) to be guilty.
- (intransitive) To have suspicion.
- (transitive, obsolete) To look up to; to respect.
Synonyms
- (imagine or suppose to be true): imagine, suppose, think
- (distrust, have doubts about): distrust, doubt
- (believe to be guilty): accuse, point the finger at
Translations
Noun
suspect (plural suspects)
- A person who is suspected of something, in particular of committing a crime.
- 1942, Casablanca, written by Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch
- Round up the usual suspects.
- 1942, Casablanca, written by Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch
Derived terms
- suspectless
Translations
Adjective
suspect (comparative more suspect, superlative most suspect)
- Viewed with suspicion; suspected.
- In his first book since the 2008 essay collection Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature, David Quammen looks at the natural world from yet another angle: the search for the next human pandemic, what epidemiologists call “the next big one.” His quest leads him around the world to study a variety of suspect zoonoses—animal-hosted pathogens that infect humans.
- (nonstandard) Viewing with suspicion; suspecting.
- 2004, Will Nickell, letter to the editor of Field & Stream, Volume CIX Number 8 (December 2004–January 2005), page 18
- Now I’m suspect of other advice that I read in your pages.
- 2004, Will Nickell, letter to the editor of Field & Stream, Volume CIX Number 8 (December 2004–January 2005), page 18
Synonyms
- (viewed with suspicion): dodgy (informal), doubtful, dubious, fishy (informal), suspicious
Translations
Related terms
- suspicion
- suspicious
Anagrams
- cupsets, suscept
French
Etymology
Latin suspectus
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sys.p?/
Adjective
suspect (feminine singular suspecte, masculine plural suspects, feminine plural suspectes)
- suspicious; suspect
Derived terms
- suspectement
Usage notes
- The -ct- becomes audible in the feminine forms (as [kt]). It is one of very few adjectives in which two mute consonants reappear.
Noun
suspect m (plural suspects, feminine suspecte)
- a suspect
Further reading
- “suspect” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Romanian
Etymology
From French suspect, from Latin suspectus.
Adjective
suspect m or n (feminine singular suspect?, masculine plural suspec?i, feminine and neuter plural suspecte)
- suspicious, doubtful
Declension
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undependable
English
Etymology
un- +? dependable
Adjective
undependable (comparative more undependable, superlative most undependable)
- Not dependable.
Synonyms
- unreliable
Antonyms
- dependable
Translations
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