supposed

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

adjective

1. required or under orders (Freq. 4)
- I'm supposed to be there at ten
- he was supposed to go to the store
• Similar to:
obligated
2. mistakenly believed (Freq. 2)
- the supposed existence of ghosts
• Similar to:
improbable, unlikely
3. 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, suppositional,
suppositious, supposititious
• Similar to:
theoretical, theoretic
• Derivationally related forms:
supposition (for: supposititious), supposition (for: suppositious), supposition (for: suppositional), hypothesis (for: hypothetical), conjecture (for: conjectural)
4. doubtful or suspect
- these so-called experts are no help
• Syn:
alleged, so-called
• Similar to:
questionable

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  conjectural, divinatory, hypothetical, hypothetic, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious, alleged(a), so-called, supposed(a), supposed(p)