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Supposed

adjective

1.

Required or under orders. "He was supposed to go to the store"

2.

Mistakenly believed.

3.

Doubtful or suspect. Synonyms: alleged, so-called.

4.

Based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence. Synonyms: conjectural, divinatory, hypothetic, hypothetical, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious. "The supposed reason for his absence" , "Suppositious reconstructions of dead languages" , "Hypothetical situation"

Suppose

verb

(past & past part. supposed; pres. part. supposing)

1.

Express a supposition. Synonym: say. "Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?"

2.

Expect, believe, or suppose. Synonyms: guess, imagine, opine, reckon, think. "I thought to find her in a bad state" , "He didn't think to find her in the kitchen" , "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"

3.

To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds. Synonyms: conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, theorise, theorize.

4.

Take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand. Synonym: presuppose.

5.

Require as a necessary antecedent or precondition. Synonym: presuppose.

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"Supposed" Quotes from Famous Books

... of the crocodile. The latter stopped again, and kept his eyes fixed upon them. They did not leave him long to rest; for one of them, making a few hops towards him, came so close, that it might have been supposed the crocodile could have seized it in his jaws. This, in fact, he attempted to do; but the wary bird threw up its broad wings, and flapped to one ...

— Popular Adventure Tales • Mayne Reid

... mile from here to the north are stretches through the woods of infantry breastworks. Occupying that woods and those breastworks was the regiment under the command of Col. Stewart. The British were down by the Brandywine to the south, and it was supposed the British would do the logical thing, which they never do, and come up to take Downingtown, which was at that time the most important industrial area in the United States. It was the arsenal of the Revolutionary War. It has continued to grow in its industrial manufacturing ...

— Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting • Northern Nut Growers Association

... a knot or a dropped stitch, and Paulina Hobson was putting her eyes out over a linen-cambric handkerchief under Miss Davidson's direction. Fine sewing and embroidery were taught by governesses then. Sarah Hobson had pieced a crib quilt containing one thousand and twelve tiny squares. I was supposed to be left out in the cold. I would not knit, and to sew I was ashamed because I did it so badly. Nobody paid any attention to me when comparing notes and queries touching the ...

— When Grandmamma Was New - The Story of a Virginia Childhood • Marion Harland

... in the wall of the trench about two feet above the floor. They were not more than three feet high, so that one had to crawl in head first when going to bed. They were partitioned in the middle, and were supposed to offer accommodation for four men, two on each side. But, as Shorty said, everything depended on the ration allowance. Two men who had eaten to repletion could not hope to occupy the same apartment. One had a choice of going to bed hungry or of eating heartily ...

— Kitchener's Mob - Adventures of an American in the British Army • James Norman Hall

... was the first speaker. In considering New Professions in Philanthropic Work for Women, she said: "Charity is old but social science is new and it is the uniting of the two that makes modern philanthropy and that is what opens these new professions. Charity is supposed to come by nature but the knowledge of how to deal with its problems does not. Society is divided into three groups. First, the reformers—a group never too large, often seemingly too small—who make the way for those that come after. They are often like the artist whose daughter, being asked if ...

— The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V • Ida Husted Harper

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