supposed
adj1
Idiomatic Only used in supposed to
supposed
adjUK /səˈpəʊ.zɪd/ · US /səˈpoʊ.zɪd/
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 History of England, under the House of Tudor. […], volume I, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, page 239:
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- 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 1285:
- Derived terms
- supposedly, unsupposed