different between supposed vs conditional

English

Pronunciation

• (verb)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /s??p??zd/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /s??po?zd/
• (adjective)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /s??p??z?d/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /s??po?z?d/, /s??po?zd/
• (in supposed to)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /s??p??st/, (colloquial) /sp??st/
  • (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /s??po?st/, (colloquial) /spo?st/

Verb

supposed

1. simple past tense and past participle of suppose

Adjective

supposed (not comparable)

1. Presumed to be true, but without proof

   Muhammad is the supposed messenger of God.

2. (with infinitive) Generally considered or expected.

   The movie is supposed to be good.

3. (with infinitive) Having an obligation.

   You are not supposed to smoke in the restaurant. [Note: this means, you are obliged not to smoke.]

   The phone is supposed to come with a manual.

4. (with infinitive) Intended.

   The phone is supposed to save us time.

Derived terms

• supposedly
• supposed to

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• conditionall (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French condicionel (French conditionnel).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?d???n?l/

Noun

conditional (plural conditionals)

1. (grammar) A conditional sentence; a statement that depends on a condition being true or false.
2. (grammar) The conditional mood.
3. (logic) A statement that one sentence is true if another is.
4. (programming) An instruction that branches depending on the truth of a condition at that point.

5. (obsolete) A limitation.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)

Synonyms

• (in logic): if-then statement; material conditional

Meronyms

• (in logic): antecedent
• (in logic): consequent

Translations

Adjective

conditional (not comparable)

1. Limited by a condition.
   • 1753, William Warburton, The Character and Conduct of the Messengers

     Every covenant of God with man […] may justly be made (as in fact it is made) with this conditional punishment annexed and declared.

2. (logic) Stating that one sentence is true if another is.
   • 1826, Richard Whately, Elements of Logic

     A conditional proposition is one which asserts the dependence of one categorical proposition on another.

3. (grammar) Expressing a condition or supposition.

Synonyms

• conditioned
• relative
• limited
• (in logic): hypothetical

Antonyms

• absolute
• categorical
• unconditional

Derived terms

Translations