supposed

English

Pronunciation

• (verb)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /səˈpəʊzd/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /səˈpoʊzd/

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  • Rhymes: -əʊzd
• (adjective)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /səˈpəʊzɪd/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /səˈpoʊzɪd/, /səˈpoʊzd/

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  • Rhymes: -əʊzɪd, -əʊzd
• (in supposed to)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /səˈpəʊst/, (colloquial) /spəʊst/

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  • (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /səˈpoʊst/, (colloquial) /spoʊst/, /əspoʊst/
  • Rhymes: -əʊst
• Hyphenation: sup‧po‧sed

Verb

supposed

1. simple past and past participle of suppose

Adjective

supposed (not comparable)

1. Alleged; assumed.

   Synonym: reputed

   Elvis is the supposed king of rock and roll.

   • 1759, David Hume, “[Henry VIII.] Chapter XXXII.”, in The History of England, under the House of Tudor. […], volume I, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, page 239:

     The people were averse to him, as the supposed author of the violence on the monasteries; establishments which were still revered and beloved by the commonalty.

   • 1936 November 28, “Prognosis in Prophylactic External Cephalic Version”, in The Lancet‎, page 1285:

     Many criticisms have been made of prophylactic external cephalic version based on the supposed dangers of the manipulation.

Derived terms

• supposedly

Translations

presumed to be true, but without proof

Bulgarian: предполагаем (bg) (predpolagaem) Catalan: suposat (ca) Dutch: vermeend (nl) Finnish: oletettu (fi), otaksuttu (fi) Galician: suposto (gl) m German: vermeintlich (de) Polish: przypuszczalny (pl), domniemany (pl), rzekomy (pl) Portuguese: suposto (pt) Spanish: supuesto (es), pretenso, presunto (es) Swedish: förmodad (sv), påstådd (sv), förment (sv)

Adjective

supposed (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) Only used in supposed to