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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
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Derived Forms
- supposedly, adverb
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Other Words From
- sup·pos·ed·ly [s, uh, -, poh, -zid-lee], adverb
- non·sup·posed adjective
- un·sup·posed adjective
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Idioms and Phrases
- supposed to. suppose ( def 7 ).
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Example Sentences
By James Joiner Thea Shaheen had waited her whole life for the body she was supposed to be in.
Both high fashion and the fast, commercial fashion of Target are supposed to be about aspiration.
Yes, cops are under stress and tension (though their jobs are far less dangerous than normally supposed).
Neither could her three-week, multi-thousand dollar stay, which was supposed to be a recovery period.
It was supposed to land in Singapore at 8:57 a.m. local time.
We resolved to do our best to merit the good opinion which we thus supposed them to entertain of us.
She was also supposed to be the original or model of “the Virtuous Woman” therein portrayed!
I seized the opportunity to watch what I supposed would be a most interesting interview, from behind a curtain.
She was a grown young woman when she was overtaken by what she supposed to be the climax of her fate.
Then, you know, she had no right to play in the Rooms again; she was supposed to pay her hotel bill, and leave Monte Carlo.
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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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