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supposed

Supposed means ought to or expected. If you are supposed to go to your grandma's house for dinner, then your grandmother expects you.

When you're supposed to do something, you either should do it or people expect you to do it. You are supposed to go to the doctor (and dentist) for a check-up once a year. You're not supposed to jaywalk. If you make a plan with friends to go to the movie, you're supposed to show up — your friends expect you. Also, supposed can mean something that's doubtful, as in "I don't trust this criminal's supposed alibi."

DEFINITIONS OF: supposed

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adj based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence

“the supposed reason for his absence”
Synonyms:
conjectural, divinatory, hypothetic, hypothetical, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious
theoretic, theoretical
concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations

adj mistakenly believed

“the supposed existence of ghosts”
Synonyms
improbable, unlikely
not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred

adj doubtful or suspect

Synonyms:
alleged, so-called
questionable
subject to question

adj required or under orders

“I'm supposed to be there at ten”
“he was supposed to go to the store”
Synonyms
obligated
caused by law or conscience to follow a certain course
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