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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
/ əˈəʊ; 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
- əˈəʊ postpositivefoll byto expected or obliged (to)
I'm supposed to be there at nine
- əˈəʊ postpositive; used in negativefoll byto expected or obliged not (to)
you're not supposed to walk on the grass
Derived Forms
- supposedly, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܱ·Dz·· [s, uh, -, poh, -zid-lee], adverb
- ԴDz·ܱ·Dz adjective
- ܲ·ܱ·Dz adjective
Idioms and Phrases
- supposed to. suppose ( def 7 ).
Example Sentences
It proclaims that the confused desires of a supposed majority constitute Rousseau’s “general will,” and must not be weakened by intermediary institutions like legislatures or independent courts.
In theory, however, there is supposed to be repentance before redemption.
Some of the alleged abuse took place while Daniel was supposed to be serving as a neutral monitor for Darthard’s DCFS-sanctioned visits with her son.
Maybe we thought we deserved a record deal before we were really supposed to get a record deal.
That was supposed to make NI an attractive location for manufacturing investment- "the world's most exciting economic zone" the former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called it.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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