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supposed
[ suh-pohzd, -poh-zid; suh-pohst ]
adjective
- merely thought or alleged to be such, on a very questionable basis; imagined:
When one tries to understand more about these supposed gains, they turn out to be nothing more than clever rhetoric.
- accepted or believed to be so, without certain knowledge:
This is the supposed site of the ancient temple, based on recent archeological finds.
- assumed for the sake of argument; hypothetical:
Given a supposed scenario where you see two students fighting in the schoolyard, how do you handle it?
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of suppose.
supposed
/ səˈpəʊzd; səˈpəʊzɪdlɪ; -ˈpəʊzɪd /
adjective
- prenominal presumed to be true without certain knowledge
his supposed date of birth
- prenominal believed to be true on slight grounds; highly doubtful
the supposed existence of ghosts
- səˈpəʊzd postpositivefoll byto expected or obliged (to)
I'm supposed to be there at nine
- səˈpəʊzd postpositive; used in negativefoll byto expected or obliged not (to)
you're not supposed to walk on the grass
Derived Forms
- supposedly, adverb
Other Words From
- sup·pos·ed·ly [s, uh, -, poh, -zid-lee], adverb
- non·sup·posed adjective
- un·sup·posed adjective
Idioms and Phrases
- supposed to. suppose ( def 7 ).
Example Sentences
"Baby powder was supposed to be something deemed 'safe to use', even on a baby's bum."
“So we were about to be filming a moment. And she didn’t know that she was supposed to start. I told her, ‘They don’t say “action.”
Court filings show some jurors emailed Olmedo earlier this year saying they were “concerned” and believed Masterson’s lawyers weren’t supposed to know where they lived or worked.
What’s a high school basketball team supposed to do when a week before its season begins, the starting point guard and a former player are found shot to death?
Teachers were supposed to have special training, as any special-ed teacher would, but it seemed hit-or-miss.
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