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US
/səˈpoʊzd/
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ADJECTIVE
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based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
suppositious reconstructions of dead languages
hypothetical situation
the supposed reason for his absence
theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural -
required or under orders
I'm supposed to be there at ten
he was supposed to go to the store -
mistakenly believed
the supposed existence of ghosts -
doubtful or suspect
these so-called experts are no help
How To Use supposed In A Sentence
- 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. Temple Address: "Becoming Trustworthy: Respect and Self-Respect" Church House
- I feel unwanted feel like leaving spreading lies can't help but feel lonelily you've damned me to hell once twice and again you're supposed to be my parents not just another person that hates me dead - alive Godhatesu Diary Entry
- The timing of the minister's visit, however, could somewhat detract from the goodwill it's supposed to generate.
- This makes is seem inevitable that the scanning device which supposedly generates higher-order experiences of our first-order visual experience would have to be almost as sophisticated and complex as the visual system itself.
- Probation officers were supposed to have been keeping a close watch on him. The Sun
- Which of us would want our lives to lay in ruin while those who are supposed to help are busy fighting over politics, power and property that does not belong to them? National Council of Churches
- Silliness in stories is more or less excusable, since they are not even supposed to be believed. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard
- Celebrity steeplejack Fred Dibnah was supposed to end his days of felling factory chimneys with the demolition of the 175-ft Park Mill chimney in Royton yesterday.