supposed vs suppose
Definitions
adjective
- based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
- required or under orders
- mistakenly believed
- doubtful or suspect
Examples
Mass culture is supposedly a leveler and globalizer - by definition, we all share mass cultural references.
He plays David as a charismatic rogue - someone the audience is supposed to recognize as a bit of a scoundrel, but like nevertheless.
One of the nastiest is the way in which male honour is seen as bound up with female behaviour so that any supposed compromise or scandal in what happens to women, even becoming a rape victim, justifies violence against them as well as against their abusers or seducers; hence the 'honour killings' of young girls that disfigure some societies even today.
Definitions
verb
- require as a necessary antecedent or precondition
- to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
- expect, believe, or suppose
- take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand
- express a supposition
Examples
Mass culture is supposedly a leveler and globalizer - by definition, we all share mass cultural references.
He plays David as a charismatic rogue - someone the audience is supposed to recognize as a bit of a scoundrel, but like nevertheless.
One of the nastiest is the way in which male honour is seen as bound up with female behaviour so that any supposed compromise or scandal in what happens to women, even becoming a rape victim, justifies violence against them as well as against their abusers or seducers; hence the 'honour killings' of young girls that disfigure some societies even today.
