[suh-pohzd, -poh-zid] 
| 1. | assumed as true, regardless of fact; hypothetical: a supposed case. |
| 2. | accepted or believed as true, without positive knowledge: the supposed site of an ancient temple. |
| 3. | merely thought to be such; imagined: supposed gains. |
| sup·posed (sə-pōzd', -pō'zĭd) adj.
Synonyms: These adjectives mean put forth or accepted as being true on inconclusive grounds: the supposed cause of inflation; conjectural criticism; the hypothetical site of a lost culture; a foundling's putative father; the reputed author of the article; suppositious reconstructions of dead languages; supposititious hypotheses. |
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