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supposed

  • adjective
  • sup·po·sed
  • /səˈpəʊzd/

Alleged; assumed.

Example

“Elvis is the supposed king of rock and roll.”

Related words

  • unsupposed
  • supposedly

Example sentences

  • “You're not supposed to be up there.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
  • “This was supposed to be our special day.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
  • “The game was supposed to be fun, but it turned dark.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “supposed” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.