sup·posed /səˈpoʊzd/
1. required or under orders; "I'm supposed to be there at ten"; "he was supposed to go to the store"
synset: supposed
2. mistakenly believed; "the supposed existence of ghosts"
synset: supposed
3. doubtful or suspect; "these so-called experts are no help"
synset: alleged, so-called, supposed
4. 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"
synset: conjectural, divinatory, hypothetical, hypothetic, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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