What is the meaning of supposed?

verb

  • Express a supposition.
    • usage: "Let us say that he did not tell the truth"; "Let's say you had a lot of money-what would you do"
  • Expect, believe, or suppose.
    • usage: "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"
  • To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds.
    • usage: "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
  • Take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand.
    • usage: "I presuppose that you have done your work"
  • Require as a necessary antecedent or precondition.
    • usage: "This step presupposes two prior ones"

adjective

  • Required or under orders.
    • usage: "I'm supposed to be there at ten"; "he was supposed to go to the store"
  • Mistakenly believed.
    • usage: "the supposed existence of ghosts"
  • Doubtful or suspect.
    • usage: "these so-called experts are no help"
  • Based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence.
    • usage: "theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural"; "the supposed reason for his absence"; "suppositious reconstructions of dead languages"; "hypothetical situation"
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APAWordNet. (2010). supposed. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/supposed/definitions/1184816
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