adj
Meaning 1
Alleged; assumed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- Elvis is the supposed king of rock and roll.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reputed
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
supposed
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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UK: /səˈpəʊ.zɪd/
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US: /səˈpoʊ.zɪd/
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US: /səˈpoʊzd/
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rhymes with -əʊzd
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UK: /səˈpəʊst/
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UK, colloquial: /spəʊst/
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Canada, US: /səˈpoʊst/
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Canada, US, colloquial: /spoʊst/
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Canada, US: /əspoʊst/
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UK: /səˈpəʊzd/
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adj
Meaning 2
Only used in supposed to
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
simple past and past participle of suppose
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
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural
- the supposed reason for his absence
- suppositious reconstructions of dead languages
- hypothetical situation
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: conjectural, divinatory, hypothetical, hypothetic, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
doubtful or suspect
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- these so-called experts are no help
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: alleged(a), so-called
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: предполагаем (predpolagaem) — presumed to be true, but without proof
- Catalan: suposat — presumed to be true, but without proof
- Dutch: vermeend — presumed to be true, but without proof
- Finnish: oletettu — presumed to be true, but without proof
- Finnish: otaksuttu — presumed to be true, but without proof
- Galician: suposto — presumed to be true, but without proof
- German: vermeintlich — presumed to be true, but without proof
- Polish: przypuszczalny — presumed to be true, but without proof
- Polish: domniemany — presumed to be true, but without proof
- Polish: rzekomy — presumed to be true, but without proof
- Portuguese: suposto — presumed to be true, but without proof
- Spanish: supuesto — presumed to be true, but without proof
- Spanish: pretenso — presumed to be true, but without proof
- Spanish: presunto — presumed to be true, but without proof
- Swedish: förmodad — presumed to be true, but without proof
- Swedish: påstådd — presumed to be true, but without proof
- Swedish: förment — presumed to be true, but without proof
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