supposed
adjective
[ səˈpəʊzd ]
• generally assumed or believed to be the case, but not necessarily so.
• "people admire their supposed industriousness"
suppose
verb
• think or assume that something is true or probable but lack proof or certain knowledge.
• "I suppose I got there about noon"
Similar:
assume,
dare say,
take for granted,
take as read,
presume,
expect,
take it,
believe,
think,
fancy,
be of the opinion,
suspect,
have a sneaking suspicion,
sense,
trust,
guess,
surmise,
reckon,
conjecture,
theorize,
deduce,
infer,
gather,
glean,
divine,
opine,
apparent,
seeming,
alleged,
putative,
reputed,
rumoured,
claimed,
purported,
ostensible,
specious,
professed,
declared,
believed,
assumed,
presumed,
soi-disant,
• be required to do something because of the position one is in or an agreement one has made.
• "I'm supposed to be meeting someone at the airport"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French supposer, from Latin supponere (from sub- ‘from below’ + ponere ‘to place’), but influenced by Latin suppositus ‘set under’ and Old French poser ‘to place’.
