Standard Lemma guide

alleged

adj · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /əˈlɛdʒd/
  • /əˈlɛdʒɪd/
  • rhymes with -ɛdʒd
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  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 L EH1 JH D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Asserted (or supposed), but not proved.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • alleged crime
  • alleged involvement
  • The alleged thief was arrested yesterday.
  • She denied the alleged wrongdoing.
  • the alleged miracle
  • the alleged cure-all

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of allege

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

declared but not proved- Wall Street Journal

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • alleged abuses of housing benefits

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: առերեւոյթ (aṙerewoytʻ) — asserted
  • Catalan: al·legat — asserted
  • Chinese Mandarin: 涉嫌的 (shèxián de) — asserted
  • Chinese Mandarin: 聲稱的 /声称的 (shēngchēng de) — asserted
  • Chinese Mandarin: 斷言的 /断言的 (duànyán de) — asserted
  • Danish: påstået — asserted
  • Finnish: väitetty — asserted
  • French: supposé — asserted
  • German: mutmaßlich — asserted
  • Greek: τάχα (tácha) — asserted
  • Hungarian: állítólagos — asserted
  • Icelandic: meintur — asserted
  • Italian: asserito — asserted
  • Norwegian Bokmål: påstått — asserted
  • Norwegian Bokmål: angivelig — asserted
  • Norwegian Bokmål: antatt — asserted
  • Polish: domniemany — asserted
  • Polish: rzekomy — asserted
  • Portuguese: alegado — asserted
  • Russian: утвержда́емый (utverždájemyj) — asserted
  • Spanish: supuesto — asserted
  • Spanish: alegado — asserted
  • Spanish: asertado — asserted
  • Swedish: påstådd — asserted
Real reading context

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