different between supposed vs questionable
supposed
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/
- (UK) IPA(key): /s??p??st/, (colloquial) /sp??st/
Verb
supposed
- simple past tense and past participle of suppose
Adjective
supposed (not comparable)
- Presumed to be true, but without proof
- Muhammad is the supposed messenger of God.
- (with infinitive) Generally considered or expected.
- The movie is supposed to be good.
- (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.
- (with infinitive) Intended.
- The phone is supposed to save us time.
Derived terms
- supposedly
- supposed to
Translations
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questionable
English
Alternative forms
- quæstionable (archaic)
Etymology
question +? -able
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kw?st???n?bl?/
- Hyphenation: ques?tio?nable
Adjective
questionable (comparative more questionable, superlative most questionable)
- Problematic; open to doubt or challenge.
- It is questionable if the universe is open or closed.
- 1881, Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady, London: Macmillan, Volume I, Chapter 3, p. 28,[1]
- A crude, cold rain was falling heavily; the spring-time presented itself as a questionable improvement.
- Of dubious respectability or morality.
- Tiffiny’s behavior is highly questionable.
- 1920, Carolyn Wells, Raspberry Jam, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, Chapter 18, p. 302,[2]
- […] he had a love of money—a sort of acquisitiveness, that led him into questionable dealings.
- (obsolete) Inviting questions; inviting inquiry.
- c. 1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act I, Scene 4,[3]
- Thou com’st in such a questionable shape
- That I will speak to thee.
- c. 1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act I, Scene 4,[3]
Derived terms
Translations
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