adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈpjuː.tə.tɪv/
General-American:/ˈpju.tə.tɪv/
Australian:/ˈpjʉː.tə.tɪv/
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rhymes with -uːtətɪv
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Commonly believed or deemed to be the case; generally assumed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reputed, supposed
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Accepted by supposition rather than as a result of proof.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
Alleged, purported, ostensible, professed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adj
Meaning 4
Prospective, potential, proposed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: proscribed, sometimes
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
First attested c. 1432, from Middle French putatif, from Latin putātīvus (“supposed, purported”), from putātus (“thought”), from putō (“to think, to consider, to reckon”).
Across languages
Translations
53 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
ենթադրյալ
(entʻadryal)
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Bulgarian:
мним
(mnim)
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Bulgarian:
предполагаем
(predpolagaem)
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Catalan:
putatiu
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Chinese Mandarin:
推定的
(tuīdìng de)
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Chinese Mandarin:
假定的
(jiǎdìng de)
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Czech:
domnělý
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Czech:
putativní
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Dutch:
zogenaamd
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Dutch:
vermoedelijk
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Dutch:
vermeend
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Estonian:
arvatav
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Estonian:
oletatav
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Finnish:
oletettu
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
French:
putatif
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
French:
présumé
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
German:
mutmaßlich
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
German:
vermeintlich
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
German:
angeblich
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Greek:
φερόμενος
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Greek:
υποτιθέμενος
(ypotithémenos)
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Hungarian:
feltételezett
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Hungarian:
vélelmezett
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Hungarian:
vélt
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Icelandic:
meintur
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Italian:
putativo
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Japanese:
推定
(suitei)
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Macedonian:
претпоставен
(pretpostaven)
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Macedonian:
наводен
(navoden)
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Norwegian:
antatt
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Norwegian:
formentlig
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Norwegian:
formodet
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Polish:
domniemany
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Polish:
przypuszczalny
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Portuguese:
putativo
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Russian:
предположи́тельный
(predpoložítelʹnyj)
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Russian:
вероя́тный
(verojátnyj)
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Russian:
мни́мый
(mnímyj)
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Serbo-Croatian:
претпо̀стављен
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Serbo-Croatian:
наводан
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Serbo-Croatian:
вје̏роја̄тан
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Serbo-Croatian:
pretpòstavljen
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Serbo-Croatian:
navodan
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Serbo-Croatian:
vjȅrojātan
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Spanish:
presunto
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Spanish:
supuesto
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Swedish:
förment
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Swedish:
förmodad
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Turkish:
varsayılan
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Turkish:
farz edilen
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Turkish:
varsayımsal
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Ukrainian:
га́даний
(hádanyj)
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case
Ukrainian:
припусти́мий
(prypustýmyj)
— commonly believed or deemed to be the case