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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
/ 蝉蓹藞辫蓹蕣锄诲; s蓹藞p蓹蕣z瑟dl瑟; -藞p蓹蕣z瑟d /
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
- 蝉蓹藞辫蓹蕣锄诲 postpositivefoll byto expected or obliged (to)
I'm supposed to be there at nine
- 蝉蓹藞辫蓹蕣锄诲 postpositive; used in negativefoll byto expected or obliged not (to)
you're not supposed to walk on the grass
Derived Forms
- supposedly, adverb
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 蝉耻辫路辫辞蝉路别诲路濒测 [s, uh, -, poh, -zid-lee], adverb
- 苍辞苍路蝉耻辫路辫辞蝉别诲 adjective
- 耻苍路蝉耻辫路辫辞蝉别诲 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
- supposed to. suppose ( def 7 ).
Example Sentences
One of the most unexpected results of these new polls is the fact that Trump is underwater on every issue now, even his supposed strong suits, immigration and the economy.
The FCC is supposed to operate independently and have great authority.
A local festival not far from Shahid Rajee Port that was supposed to be a celebration spontaneously turned into a solemn occasion for remembering the dead and praying for the injured.
Answer: Financial institutions are supposed to accept properly drafted powers of attorney, but some of them insist on their own forms, agrees Burton Mitchell, an estate planning attorney in Los Angeles.
鈥淚鈥檓 not supposed to know for about a week,鈥 Boehle said.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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