supposed

supposed
Synonyms and related words:
academic, accounted as, alleged, assumed, assumptive, conjectural, conjectured, deemed, expected, given, granted, hinted, hypothetical, imagined, implicated, implied, indicated, inferred, intended, intimated, involved, meant, obliged, ostensible, postulated, postulational, postulatory, premised, presumed, presumptive, presupposed, pretended, professed, provisional, purported, putative, reputed, required, so-called, speculative, suggested, suppositional, supposititious, suppositive, suppository, taken for granted, tentative, theoretical, understood

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  • supposed — supposed, supposititious, suppositious, reputed, putative, purported, conjectural, hypothetical can mean accepted or advanced as true, real, or in accordance with the facts on the basis of less than conclusive evidence. All imply a measure of… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • supposed — believed or thought to exist, 1580s, pp. adj. from SUPPOSE (Cf. suppose) (q.v.); often with the e pronounced, to distinguish it from the passive p.t. supposed, now common in the sense of to have a duty or obligation (1859) …   Etymology dictionary

  • supposed — index apparent (presumptive), assumed (inferred), hypothetical, ostensible, plausible, presumptive …   Law dictionary

  • supposed — [sə pōzd′, səpō′zid] adj. 1. regarded as true, genuine, etc., without actual knowledge 2. merely imagined …   English World dictionary

  • supposed to — Expected, intended or required to • • • Main Entry: ↑suppose …   Useful english dictionary

  • supposed — ♦♦ (Pronounced [[t]səpo͟ʊzd[/t]] or [[t]səpo͟ʊst[/t]] for meanings 1 to 4, and [[t]səpo͟ʊzɪd[/t]] for meaning 5.) 1) PHR MODAL If you say that something is supposed to happen, you mean that it is planned or expected. Sometimes this use suggests… …   English dictionary

  • supposed — adjective Date: 1566 1. a. pretended < twelve hours are supposed to elapse between Acts I and II A. S. Sullivan > b. alleged < trusted my supposed friends > 2. a. held as an opinion ; believed; also …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • supposed — adj. supposed to + inf. (it was supposed to rain; she was supposed to work today) * * * [sə pəʊzd] supposed to + inf. (it was supposed to rain; she was supposed to work today) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • supposed — adjective 1. required or under orders (Freq. 4) I m supposed to be there at ten he was supposed to go to the store • Similar to: ↑obligated 2. mistakenly believed (Freq. 2) the supposed existence of ghosts …   Useful english dictionary

  • supposed — supposedly /seuh poh zid lee/, adv. /seuh pohzd , poh zid/, adj. 1. assumed as true, regardless of fact; hypothetical: a supposed case. 2. accepted or believed as true, without positive knowledge: the supposed site of an ancient temple. 3. merely …   Universalium

  • supposed — sup•posed [[t]səˈpoʊzd, ˈpoʊ zɪd[/t]] adj. 1) assumed as true; hypothetical: a supposed case[/ex] 2) accepted as true, without positive knowledge: the supposed site of an ancient temple[/ex] 3) merely thought to be such; imagined: supposed… …   From formal English to slang

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