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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
expected or obliged (to)
I'm supposed to be there at nine
expected or obliged not (to)
you're not supposed to walk on the grass
Other 51Թ Forms
- supposedly adverb
- nonsupposed adjective
- unsupposed adjective
Example Sentences
Wasn’t this supposed to be a fresh, elevated take on the romantic comedy, where Dakota Johnson must grapple with the impossible decision of choosing between Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans?
One of the game’s oldest rivalries, pitting what were supposed to be two of the game’s top pitchers.
“Nancy Feldman was someone I trusted. Someone I believed in. Someone who was supposed to help me grow. Someone who was supposed to protect me,” Cooper wrote Thursday on Instagram.
Companies are typically not supposed to wade too deeply into another firm’s affairs.
For thirty years, the DCF's Undocumented Child Rule has protected children in need of welfare screening, with the department supposed to be responding to reports of abuse "without regard to the immigration status."
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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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