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    sup·posed
    [səˈpōzd]
    adjective
    supposed (adjective)
    1. generally assumed or believed to be the case, but not necessarily so:
      "people admire their supposed industriousness"
    sup·pose
    [səˈpōz]
    verb
    supposed (past tense) · supposed (past participle)
    1. assume that something is the case on the basis of evidence or probability but without proof or certain knowledge:
      "I suppose I got there about half past eleven"
      • used to make a suggestion or a hesitant admission:
        "suppose we leave this to the police" · "I'm quite a good actress, I suppose"
      • used to introduce a hypothesis and trace or ask about what follows from it:
        "suppose he had been murdered—what then?"
      • (of a theory or argument) assume or require that something is the case as a precondition:
        "the procedure supposes that a will has already been proved" · "the theory supposes a predisposition to interpret utterances"
      • believe to exist or to possess a specified characteristic:
        "he supposed the girl to be about twelve"
    2. (be supposed to do something)
      be required to do something because of the position one is in or an agreement one has made:
      "I'm supposed to be meeting someone at the airport"
      • be forbidden to do something:
        "I shouldn't have been in the kitchen—I'm not supposed to go in there"
    Origin
    Middle English: from Old French supposer, from Latin supponere (from sub- ‘from below’ + ponere ‘to place’), but influenced by Latin suppositus ‘set under’ and Old French poser ‘to place’.
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    adjective
    1. generally assumed or believed to be the case, but not necessarily so:
      apparent
      seeming
      alleged
      putative
      reputed
      rumored
      claimed
      purported
      ostensible
      specious
      professed
      declared
      believed
      assumed
      presumed
      soi-disant
    verb
    1. assume that something is the case on the basis of evidence or probability but without proof or certain knowledge:
      assume
      take for granted
      presume
      expect
      take it
      believe
      think
      fancy
      suspect
      sense
      trust
      guess
      surmise
      reckon
      conjecture
      theorize
      deduce
      infer
      gather
      glean
      divine
      opine
      apparent
      seeming
      alleged
      putative
      reputed
      rumored
      claimed
      purported
      ostensible
      specious
      professed
      declared
      believed
      assumed
      presumed
      soi-disant
      dare say
      take as read
      be of the opinion
      have a sneaking suspicion
    2. be required to do something because of the position one is in or an agreement one has made:
      meant
      intended
      expected
      ought
      required
      obliged
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