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supposed::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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| Synonyms | conjectural, divinatory, hypothetic, hypothetical, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious |
the supposed reason for his absence.
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the supposed existence of ghosts.
supposed::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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I'm supposed to be there at ten.
he was supposed to go to the store.
Examples of supposed
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I was supposed to be in Cincinnati this week but ran into a scheduling conflict.
From the usatoday.com
The money is supposed to help maintain preserves and to buy land to expand them.
From the dispatchpolitics.com
The 6-foot-1 Mitchell was everywhere, including places he wasn't supposed to be.
From the kansas.com
Adding games would contradict the league's supposed commitment to player safety.
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There's a universal color that is supposed to be appropriate for all eye colors.
From the freep.com
I feel that we played our role as we were supposed to as an African institution.
From the cnn.com
If the background was blue, the monkeys were supposed to touch the larger array.
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The moment you see a Rubik's Cube, you know you're supposed to twist the pieces.
From the businessweek.com
Rising costs are precisely what a restricted marketplace is supposed to produce.
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- Supposed(p): required or under orders; "I'm supposed to be there at ten"; "he was supposed to go to the store"
- Alleged(a): doubtful or suspect; "these so-called experts are no help"
- Conjectural: based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence; "theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural"; "the supposed reason for his absence"; "suppositious reconstructions of dead languages"; "hypothetical situation"
- (supposedly) purportedly: believed or reputed to be the case
- (supposal) assumption: a hypothesis that is taken for granted; "any society is built upon certain assumptions"
- (supposal) supposition: the cognitive process of supposing
- (suppose) express a supposition; "Let us say that he did not tell the truth"; "Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?"
- (suppose) think: expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"
- (suppose) speculate: to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
