supposed

adj.

1. Presumed to be true or real without conclusive evidence.
2. Intended: medication that is supposed to relieve pain.
3. 1. Required: He is supposed to go to the store.
   2. Permitted: We are not supposed to smoke here.
   3. Firmly believed; expected: You're supposed to be my friend.

supposedly sup·pos'ed·ly (-pō'zĭd-lē) adv.

SYNONYMS   supposed, conjectural, hypothetical, putative, reputed, suppositious, supposititious. These adjectives mean put forth or accepted as being true on inconclusive grounds: the supposed cause of inflation; conjectural criticism; the hypothetical site of a lost culture; a foundling's putative father; the reputed author of the article; suppositious reconstructions of dead languages; supposititious hypotheses.
ANTONYM  certain

adjective

1. Presumed to be true, real, or genuine, especially on inconclusive grounds: conjectural, hypothetic, hypothetical, inferential, presumptive, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious, suppositive. See belief/unbelief.
2. Assumed to be such: putative, reputed. See belief/unbelief.

IN BRIEF: adj. - Based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence; Implied; Demanded or expected.

Life is just supposed to make you feel. — Gloria Naylor

Common misspelling(s) of supposed

• suposed

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - forventes, formodet

idioms:

• be supposed to    det forventes, at

Nederlands (Dutch)
vermeend, verondersteld, vermoedelijk

Français (French)
adj. - présumé, putatif, prétendu, allégué

idioms:

• be supposed to    être sensé

Deutsch (German)
adj. - mutmaßlich

idioms:

• be supposed to    etwas tun sollen

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - υποτιθέμενος, νομιζόμενος

idioms:

• be supposed to    υποτίθεται ότι

Italiano (Italian)
verosimile, presunto

idioms:

• be supposed to    dovere

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - suposto

idioms:

• be supposed to    dever

Русский (Russian)
мнимый, предполагаемый, воображаемый

idioms:

• be supposed to    иметь определенный обязанности

Español (Spanish)
adj. - probable, presunto, supuesto, pretendido, imaginado

idioms:

• be supposed to    tener por deber, corresponder

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - förment, förmodad, inbillad, skenbar

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
假定的, 假像的

idioms:

• be supposed to    应该, 被期望

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 假定的, 假像的

idioms:

• be supposed to    應該, 被期望

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 상상 된, 가정의, 소문이 난

idioms:

• be supposed to    ~하기로 되어 있어

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 想像の, 噂の, 仮定の

idioms:

• be supposed to    することになっている

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مفترض , مزعوم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮משוער, מדומה, מקובל, מונח‬

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