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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/

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

supposed From the web:

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  • what supposed mean
  • what supposedly happened in the gulf of tonkin
  • what supposed to happen april 3 2021
  • what supposedly happened to roseanne on the conners
  • what supposedly happened to percy's dad
  • what supposed to happen april 24th 2021
  • what supposedly surrounds atlantis crossword

supposably

English

Etymology

supposable +? -ly

Adverb

supposably (not comparable)

  1. Able to be supposed or conjectured.
  2. (nonstandard) Supposedly.

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:supposably.

Synonyms

  • (able to be supposed): conceivably, imaginably
  • (supposedly): purportedly

supposably From the web:

  • what supposedly happened in the gulf of tonkin
  • what supposedly surrounds atlantis
  • what supposedly happened to roseanne on the conners
  • what supposedly happened to percy's dad
  • what supposedly surrounds atlantis crossword
  • what supposedly surrounds atlantis crossword clue
  • what supposedly happened in a churchyard in westminster
  • what supposedly happened to pap
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