'Supposed' definitions:

Definition of 'supposed'

From: WordNet
adjective
Required or under orders; "I'm supposed to be there at ten"; "he was supposed to go to the store"
adjective
Mistakenly believed; "the supposed existence of ghosts"
adjective
Doubtful or suspect; "these so-called experts are no help" [syn: alleged(a), so-called, supposed]
adjective
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]

Definition of 'Supposed'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Synonyms of 'supposed'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Supposed'