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ADJECTIVE (4)

1. required or under orders;
- Example: "I'm supposed to be there at ten"
- Example: "he was supposed to go to the store"

2. mistakenly believed;
- Example: "the supposed existence of ghosts"

3. doubtful or suspect;
- Example: "these so-called experts are no help"
[syn: alleged(a), so-called, supposed]

4. based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence;
- Example: "theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural"
- Example: "the supposed reason for his absence"
- Example: "suppositious reconstructions of dead languages"
- Example: "hypothetical situation"
[syn: conjectural, divinatory, hypothetical, hypothetic, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Suppose \Sup*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Supposed; p. pr. & vb. n. Supposing.] [F. supposer; pref. sub- under + poser to place; -- corresponding in meaning to L. supponere, suppositum, to put under, to substitute, falsify, counterfeit. See Pose.] 1. To represent to one's self, or state to another, not as true or real, but as if so, and with a view to some consequence or application which the reality would involve or admit of; to imagine or admit to exist, for the sake of argument or illustration; to assume to be true; as, let us suppose the earth to be the center of the system, what would be the result? [1913 Webster] Suppose they take offence without a cause. --Shak. [1913 Webster] When we have as great assurance that a thing is, as we could possibly, supposing it were, we ought not to make any doubt of its existence. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster] 2. To imagine; to believe; to receive as true. [1913 Webster] How easy is a bush supposed a bear! --Shak. [1913 Webster] Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men, the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead. --2 Sam. xiii. 32. [1913 Webster] 3. To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature; as, purpose supposes foresight. [1913 Webster] One falsehood always supposes another, and renders all you can say suspected. --Female Quixote. [1913 Webster] 4. To put by fraud in the place of another. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Syn: To imagine; believe; conclude; judge; consider; view; regard; conjecture; assume. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

supposed adj 1: required or under orders; "I'm supposed to be there at ten"; "he was supposed to go to the store" 2: mistakenly believed; "the supposed existence of ghosts" 3: doubtful or suspect; "these so-called experts are no help" [syn: alleged(a), so-called, supposed] 4: based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence; "theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural"; "the supposed reason for his absence"; "suppositious reconstructions of dead languages"; "hypothetical situation" [syn: conjectural, divinatory, hypothetical, hypothetic, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious]