Supposed

English

Verb

supposed

1. Simple past tense and past participle of suppose.

Adjective

Supposed (not comparable)

1. Presumed to be true, but without proof

   Jesus is the supposed son 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.

   The phone is supposed to come with a manual.

4. (with infinitive) Intended.

   The phone is supposed to help us save time.

Derived terms

• supposedly
• supposed to

Thesaurus

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

Pronunciation

• (verb)
  • (RP): /səˈpəʊzd/, /s@"p@Uzd/
  • (US): səpōzd', /səˈpoʊzd/, /s@"poUzd/

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• (adjective)
  • (RP): /səˈpəʊzɪd/, /s@"p@UzId/
  • (US): səpō'zĭd, /səˈpoʊzɪd/, /s@"poUzId/

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Translations

Adjective

Presumed to be true, but without proof

Dutch: vermeend (nl) Finnish: oletettu, otaksuttu German: vermeintlich (de)

Polish: przypuszczalny (pl), domniemany (pl) Spanish: supuesto (es) m.

expected — see expected

obliged — see obliged

intended — see intended

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: village · quickly · lie · #815: supposed · original · provide · determined