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[ adjective ] firmly believed
Examples "the way things are supposed to be" Used in print (Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)The statement is often made that when Bultmann argues in this way , he `` overestimates the intellectual stumbling-block which myth is supposed to put in the way of accepting the Christian faith '' . (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)Pansies are supposed to like it cool , but those great velvety flowers were healthy and perky in the glaring sun . (Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)He then draped him over the rough stand , explained that he was supposed to be recently dead , and was being held on his mother 's lap . (Philip Jos‚ Farmer, The Lovers....)Somehow , all the other passengers ( also supposed to have died in_this web of elaborate frauds to cover_up the disappearance of the personnel of the Gabriel ) had simultaneously `` agreed '' to die . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] mistakenly believed
Examples "the supposed existence of ghosts" Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)It is really as though the Russians have seen in this character the oftentimes underlying vitality and courage of supposed buffoons . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds
Examples "the foundling's putative father" "the reputed (or purported) author of the book" "the supposed date of birth" Used in print (William S. Haymond, "Is Distance an Original...)The supposed tactual sense of spatial location and orientation in the patient and his ability to specify the location of a member , as_well_as the direction and scope of a movement , passively executed ( with one of his members ) , proved to have been , on_the_contrary , very considerably affected '' . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] designed to
Examples "medication that is supposed to relieve pain" "what's that gadget supposed to do?" Used in print (Dolores Hitchens, Footsteps in the Night....)She was wearing a brown cotton dress , cut across the hips in a way that was supposed to make her look slimmer , a yoke set into the skirt and flaring pleats below . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] doubtful or suspect
Examples "these so-called experts are no help" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] doubtful or suspect
Examples "these so-called experts are no help" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] required or under orders
Examples "I'm supposed to be there at ten" "he was supposed to go to the store" Used in print (Richard S. Prather, "The Bawdy Beautiful," Cavalier...)`` They were supposed to meet Thor at nine p._m. for a conference concerning the ad_campaign for their soap , a new angle based on this SX-21 stuff '' . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
Examples "theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural" "the supposed reason for his absence" "suppositious reconstructions of dead languages" "supposititious hypotheses" Related terms |
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