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- Dictionarysupposed/səˈpəʊzd/
adjective
- 1. generally assumed or believed to be the case, but not necessarily so: "people admire their supposed industriousness" Similar
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used to show that you do not believe that something or someone really is what many other people consider them to be: a supposed genius. The costs of the programme outweigh its supposed benefits. Fewer examples. Older people tend to be quite conservative and a bit suspicious of any supposed advances.
Supposed definition: merely thought or alleged to be such, on a very questionable basis; imagined. See examples of SUPPOSED used in a sentence.
The meaning of SUPPOSED is pretended. How to use supposed in a sentence. pretended; alleged; held as an opinion : believed; also : mistakenly believed : imagined…
If you are supposed to do something, it means that you'd better get to it. If you're supposed to go to your grandma's house for dinner, then your grandmother expects you. Something that's required is supposed, and something that's assumed to be true — even if it's really not — is also supposed.
If you say that something is supposed to happen, you mean that it is planned or expected. Sometimes this use suggests that the thing does not really happen in this way.
Definition of supposed adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
adj. 1. assumed as true; hypothetical: a supposed case. 2. accepted as true, without positive knowledge: the supposed site of an ancient temple. 3. merely thought to be such; imagined: supposed gains. [1560–70] sup•pos′ed•ly, adv.
SUPPOSED definition: used to show that you do not believe that someone or something really is what many people consider…. Learn more.
Supposed definition: Presumed to be true or real without conclusive evidence.
supposed meaning, definition, what is supposed: claimed by other people to be true or re...: Learn more.
