supposed

Only used in supposed to

Adjective idiomatic, not comparable

  1. Only used in supposed to

Adjective not comparable

  1. Alleged; assumed.
    • Elvis is the supposed king of rock and roll.
    • The people were averse to him, as the supposed author of the violence on the monasteries; establishments which were still revered and beloved by the commonalty. - 1759, David Hume, “[Henry VIII.] Chapter XXXII.”, in The...
    • Many criticisms have been made of prophylactic external cephalic version based on the supposed dangers of the manipulation. - 1936 November 28, “Prognosis in Prophylactic External Cephalic Version”, in The Lancet, page...

    Synonyms: reputed

Derived

supposedly unsupposed

Verb

  1. simple past and past participle of suppose