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I Suppose You  Verb Marxist Supposed Usher Supposing

Front This argument had deep roots on the Marxist Left. italian socialist Antonia Gramsci (1891-1937) had supposed in 1916 that the failure of World War I to usher in global Marxist revolution was a result of culture - that too many people had grown up under the repressive orthodoxy of capitalism. 
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1. VERB
You can use suppose or supposing before 
mentioning
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 a possible 
situation
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 or action. You usually then 
go
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 on to consider the 
effects
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 that this situation or action 
might
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 have.
Suppose someone gave you an egg and asked you to describe exactly what was inside. 
[VERB that]
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Supposing he's right and I do die tomorrow? Maybe I should take out an extra insurance policy. 
[VERB that]
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2. VERB
If you suppose that something is true, you 
believe
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 that it is 
probably
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 true, because of other things that you 
know
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.
The policy is perfectly clear and I see no reason to suppose that it isn't working. 
[VERB that]
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I knew very well that the problem was more complex than he supposed. 
[VERB that]
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It had been supposed that by then Peter would be married. 
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1. VERB
If you usher someone 
somewhere
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, you show them where they should 
go
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, often by 
going
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 with them.
[formal]
I ushered him into the office. 
[VERB noun preposition/adverb]
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They were quickly ushered away. 
[VERB noun preposition/adverb]
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Synonyme: 
escort
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lead
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direct
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guide
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