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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 Word Forms
- ܱ·Dz·· [s, uh, -, poh, -zid-lee], adverb
- ԴDz·ܱ·Dz adjective
- ܲ·ܱ·Dz adjective
Idioms and Phrases
- supposed to. suppose ( def 7 ).
Example Sentences
Banana Cake will taste the way the day was supposed to go, but April days are unpredictable.
The row comes at a time when Africa is supposed to be moving towards greater free trade through the establishment of a continent-wide free-trade area, which began operating four years ago.
Even on immigration, his supposed strong suit, he's underwater, the Economist You/Gov poll shows:
It was supposed to be a mellow sport — something my depleted soul could handle.
One must wonder why many supposed allies of President Trump would decide to capitalize on the reporting from the New York Times and try to throw Hegseth under the bus at a vulnerable moment.
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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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